Please see below for all of our team's published papers relating to the "Nature of Eating Disorders." Publications marked with asterisks (**) have a specific focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Characterizing Eating Disorder Presentations
**Chaphekar, A. V., Downey, A., Garber, A. K., Kuykendall, M., Bojorquez-Ramirez, P., Ganson, K. T., Buckelew, S. M., & Nagata, J. M. (2023). Eating disorders in sexual minority adolescents and young adults: examining clinical characteristics and psychiatric co-morbidities in an inpatient medical setting. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1), 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00756-5
Chaphekar, A. V., Vance, S. R., Jr, Garber, A. K., Buckelew, S., Ganson, K. T., Downey, A., & Nagata, J. M. (2022). Transgender and other gender diverse adolescents with eating disorders requiring medical stabilization. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1), 199. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00722-7
Crest, P., Stacey, P., Accurso, E. C., Deley, C., & Roberts, J. (2025). Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in pediatric liver transplant patients. Pediatric transplantation, 29(1), e70014. https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.70014
Gorrell, S., Hughes, E. K., Patton, G. C., Sawyer, S. M., Le Grange, D., & Kerr, J. A. (2023). Weight status and weight-control exercise in adolescents: A longitudinal population-based study. Eating behaviors, 49, 101725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101725
**Gorrell, S., Le Grange, D., Blalock, D. V., Mehler, P. S., Johnson, C., Manwaring, J., Duffy, A., Huston, E., McClanahan, S., & Rienecke, R. D. (2021). Gender identity, race/ethnicity and eating pathology in a treatment-seeking community sample. Journal of behavioral and cognitive therapy, 31(1), 77–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2020.11.006
Gorrell, S., & Murray, S. B. (2019). Eating disorders in males. Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 28(4), 641–651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2019.05.012
Gorrell, S., Nagata, J. M., Hill, K. B., Carlson, J. L., Shain, A. F., Wilson, J., Alix Timko, C., Hardy, K. K., Lock, J., & Peebles, R. (2021). Eating behavior and reasons for exercise among competitive collegiate male athletes. Eating and weight disorders, 26(1), 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00819-0
Gorrell, S., Scharmer, C., Kinasz, K., & Anderson, D. (2020). Compulsive exercise and weight suppression: Associations with eating pathology in distance runners. Eating behaviors, 36, 101358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2019.101358
**Kramer, R., Aarnio-Peterson, C. M., Conard, L. A., Lenz, K. R., & Matthews, A. (2024). Eating disorder symptoms among transgender and gender diverse youth. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 29(1), 30–44. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045231184917
Kramer, R., Radin, R., Forsberg, S., Garber, A. K., Reilly, E. E., Hail, L., Huryk, K. M., Keyser, J., Bruett, L. D., Le Grange, D., Gorrell, S., & Accurso, E. C. (2023). An exploration of the association between premorbid weight status on patient and caregiver factors at pre and post-treatment among youth with anorexia nervosa/atypical anorexia nervosa. Eating behaviors, 50, 101786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101786
Nagata, J. M., Chaphekar, A. V., Low, P., Vargas, R., Ganson, K. T., Nguyen, A., Buckelew, S. M., Garber, A. K., & Downey, A. E. (2025). Clinical characteristics of hospitalized male adolescents and young adults with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Journal of eating disorders, 13(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-024-01171-0
**Nagata, J. M., Ganson, K. T., & Austin, S. B. (2020). Emerging trends in eating disorders among sexual and gender minorities. Current opinion in psychiatry, 33(6), 562–567. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000645
Nagata, J. M., Ganson, K. T., & Murray, S. B. (2020). Eating disorders in adolescent boys and young men: an update. Current opinion in pediatrics, 32(4), 476–481. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0000000000000911
**Nagata, J. M., Li, K., Kim, A. E., Shao, I. Y., Otmar, C. D., Ganson, K. T., Testa, A., He, J., Kiss, O., Lavender, J. M., & Baker, F. C. (2025). Associations between gender diversity and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence. The International journal of eating disorders, 58(1), 216–224. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24317
Nagata, J. M., Vargas, R., Sanders, A. E., Stuart, E., Downey, A. E., Chaphekar, A. V., Nguyen, A., Ganson, K. T., Buckelew, S. M., & Garber, A. K. (2024). Clinical characteristics of hospitalized male adolescents and young adults with atypical anorexia nervosa. The International journal of eating disorders, 57(4), 1008–1019. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24132
Neurobiological and Neurocognitive Processes
Dolan, S. C., Reilly, E. E., Brown, T. A., Shott, M. E., & Frank, G. K. W. (2022). Anticipatory and consummatory pleasure in eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1), 161. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00692-w
Forester, G., Johnson, J. S., Reilly, E. E., Lloyd, E. C., Johnson, E., & Schaefer, L. M. (2023). Back to the future: Progressing memory research in eating disorders. The International journal of eating disorders, 56(11), 2032–2048. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24045
Gorrell S. (2021). The role of dopamine in contributing to vulnerable and resilient phenotypes in a mouse model of anorexia nervosa. Biological psychiatry, 90(12), e69–e71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.10.005
Gorrell, S., Collins, A. G. E., Le Grange, D., & Yang, T. T. (2020). Dopaminergic activity and exercise behavior in anorexia nervosa. OBM neurobiology, 4(1), 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2001053. https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2001053
Gorrell, S., Shott, M. E., & Frank, G. K. W. (2022). Associations between aerobic exercise and dopamine-related reward-processing: Informing a model of human exercise engagement. Biological psychology, 171, 108350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108350
Gorrell, S., Shott, M. E., Pryor, T., & Frank, G. K. W. (2024). Neural response to expecting a caloric sweet taste stimulus predicts body mass index longitudinally among young adult women with anorexia nervosa. Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 9(3), 298–304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.07.007
Nagata, J. M., Domingue, B. W., Darmstadt, G. L., Weber, A. M., Meausoone, V., Cislaghi, B., & Shakya, H. B. (2020). Gender norms and weight control behaviors in U.S. adolescents: A prospective cohort study (1994-2002). The Journal of Adolescent Health: official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 66(1S), S34–S41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.08.020
Radin, R. M., Dileo, R., Lustig, R. H., & Epel, E. S. (2025). Biology of appetite, weight, and overeating: Metabolic, psychological, and behavioral influences and clinical directions. In N. Schneiderman, T. W. Smith, N. B. Anderson, M. H. Antoni, F. J. Penedo, T. A. Revenson, & A. F. Abraído-Lanza (Eds.), APA handbook of health psychology, Vol. 1. Foundations and context of health psychology (pp. 367–386). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000394-017
Wierenga, C. E., Reilly, E., Bischoff-Grethe, A., Kaye, W. H., & Brown, G. G. (2022). Altered reinforcement learning from reward and punishment in anorexia nervosa: Evidence from computational modeling. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 28(10), 1003–1015. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617721001326
Medical Complications
Downey, A. E., Cheng, J., Adams, S. H., Buckelew, S. M., Kapphahn, C. J., Machen, V. I., Rosen, E. L., Moscicki, A. B., Golden, N. H., & Garber, A. K. (2022). Renal function in patients hospitalized with anorexia nervosa undergoing refeeding: Findings from the study of refeeding to optimize inpatient gains. The Journal of adolescent health: official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 71(4), 432–437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.04.017
Downey, A. E., Cordell, K., Snowden, L. R., & Accurso, E. C. (2024). Characterizing medical complications in publicly insured youth with eating disorders. The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 74(6), 1118–1124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.12.010
Downey, A. E., Richards, A., & Tanner, A. B. (2023). Linear growth in young people with restrictive eating disorders: "Inching" toward consensus. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1094222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1094222
Garber, A. K., Bennett, J. P., Wong, M. C., Tian, I. Y., Maskarinec, G., Kennedy, S. F., McCarthy, C., Kelly, N. N., Liu, Y. E., Machen, V. I., Heymsfield, S. B., & Shepherd, J. A. (2023). Cross-sectional assessment of body composition and detection of malnutrition risk in participants with low body mass index and eating disorders using 3D optical surface scans. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 118(4), 812–821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.08.004
Murray, S. B., Duval, C. J., Balkchyan, A. A., Cabeen, R. P., Nagata, J. M., Toga, A. W., Siegel, S. J., & Jann, K. (2022). Regional gray matter abnormalities in pre-adolescent binge eating disorder: A voxel-based morphometry study. Psychiatry research, 310, 114473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114473
Nagata, J. M., Bojorquez-Ramirez, P., Nguyen, A., Ganson, K. T., McDonald, C. M., Machen, V. I., Downey, A., Buckelew, S. M., & Garber, A. K. (2022). Sex differences and associations between zinc deficiency and anemia among hospitalized adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. Eating and weight disorders, 27(7), 2911–2917. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-022-01396-5
Nagata, J. M., Chaphekar, A. V., Vargas, R., Nguyen, A., Downey, A. E., Patel, K. P., Ganson, K. T., Stuart, E., Vendlinski, S., Buckelew, S. M., & Garber, A. K. (2024). Sex differences in cholesterol and triglyceride levels among hospitalized adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. The International journal of eating disorders, 57(1), 184–194. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24072
Nagata, J. M., Grandis, A., Bojorquez-Ramirez, P., Nguyen, A., Downey, A. E., Ganson, K. T., Patel, K. P., Machen, V. I., Buckelew, S. M., & Garber, A. K. (2022). Assessment of vitamin D among male adolescents and young adults hospitalized with eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1), 104. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00627-5
Nagata, J. M., Lee, S., & Downey, A. E. (2024). Addressing bone health in adolescents with anorexia nervosa-no bones about it. JAMA Network Open, 7(10), e2441719. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.41719
Nagata, J. M., Nguyen, A., Vargas, R., Downey, A. E., Chaphekar, A. V., Ganson, K. T., Buckelew, S. M., & Garber, A. K. (2024). Sex differences in electrolyte abnormalities indicating refeeding syndrome risk among hospitalized adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders, 12(1), 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-024-01012-0
Emotions and Related Processes (e.g., stress)
Brown, T. A., Menzel, J. E., Reilly, E. E., Luo, T., & Zickgraf, H. (2022). Exploring the role of disgust sensitivity and propensity in selective eating. Appetite, 174, 106018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106018
Carandang, R. R., Epel, E., Radin, R., Lewis, J. B., Ickovics, J. R., & Cunningham, S. D. (2024). Perceived stress and depressive symptoms are associated with emotional eating but not nutritional intake during pregnancy: A prospective cohort study. Journal of midwifery & women's health, 69(1), 64–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13537
Dolan, S. C., Khindri, R., Franko, D. L., Thomas, J. J., Reilly, E. E., & Eddy, K. T. (2022). Anhedonia in eating disorders: A meta-analysis and systematic review. The International journal of eating disorders, 55(2), 161–175. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23645
Morales, C., Dolan, S. C., Anderson, D. A., Anderson, L. M., & Reilly, E. E. (2022). Exploring the contributions of affective constructs and interoceptive awareness to feeling fat. Eating and weight disorders, 27(8), 3533–3541. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-022-01490-8
Lampe, E. W., Gorrell, S., Smith, K., Payne-Reichert, A. M., Juarascio, A. S., & Manasse, S. M. (2023). Divergent trajectories of positive affect following maladaptive and non-maladaptive exercise among individuals with binge-spectrum eating disorders. The International journal of eating disorders, 56(5), 1001–1010. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23901
Walker, D. C., Gorrell, S., Hildebrandt, T., & Anderson, D. A. (2021). Consequences of repeated critical versus neutral body checking in women with high shape or weight concern. Behavior therapy, 52(4), 830–846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2020.10.005
Williams-Kerver, G. A., Wonderlich, S. A., Crosby, R. D., Cao, L., Smith, K. E., Engel, S. G., Crow, S. J., Peterson, C. B., Mitchell, J. E., & Le Grange, D. (2020). Differences in affective dynamics among eating disorder diagnostic groups. Clinical Psychological Science, 8(5), 857–871. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620917196
Wonderlich, J. A., Crosby, R. D., Engel, S. G., Crow, S. J., Peterson, C. B., Le Grange, D., Wonderlich, S. A., & Fischer, S. (2022). Negative affect and binge eating: Assessing the unique trajectories of negative affect before and after binge-eating episodes across eating disorder diagnostic classifications. The International journal of eating disorders, 55(2), 223–230. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23648
Less Studied Symptoms (e.g., exercise)
Fernández-Aranda, F., Casas, M., Claes, L., Bryan, D. C., Favaro, A., Granero, R., Gudiol, C., Jiménez-Murcia, S., Karwautz, A., Le Grange, D., Menchón, J. M., Tchanturia, K., & Treasure, J. (2020). COVID-19 and implications for eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review, 28(3), 239–245. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2738
Goeden, A. V., Schaefer, L. M., Crosby, R. D., Peterson, C. B., Engel, S. G., Le Grange, D., Crow, S. J., & Wonderlich, S. A. (2023). Examining the momentary relationships between body checking and eating disorder symptoms in women with anorexia nervosa. Eating behaviors, 50, 101751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101751
Gorrell, S., Flatt, R. E., Bulik, C. M., & Le Grange, D. (2021). Psychosocial etiology of maladaptive exercise and its role in eating disorders: A systematic review. The International journal of eating disorders, 54(8), 1358–1376. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23524
Kolar, D. R., & Gorrell, S. (2020). A call to experimentally study acute affect-regulation mechanisms specific to driven exercise in eating disorders. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 10.1002/eat.23427. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23427
Manwaring, J. L., Blalock, D. V., Duffy, A., Le Grange, D., Mehler, P. S., Riddle, M., & Rienecke, R. D. (2024). An examination of adults with atypical anorexia nervosa at admission to treatment at higher levels of care: An attempt to increase diagnostic clarity. The International journal of eating disorders, 57(4), 848–858. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24124
Mond, J., & Gorrell, S. (2021). "Excessive exercise" in eating disorders research: problems of definition and perspective. Eating and weight disorders, 26(4), 1017–1020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-020-01075-3
Nagata, J. M., Iyer, P., Chu, J., Baker, F. C., Pettee Gabriel, K., Garber, A. K., Murray, S. B., Bibbins-Domingo, K., & Ganson, K. T. (2021). Contemporary screen time modalities among children 9-10 years old and binge-eating disorder at one-year follow-up: A prospective cohort study. The International journal of eating disorders, 54(5), 887–892. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23489
Nagata, J. M., Thurston, I. B., Karazsia, B. T., Woolridge, D., Buckelew, S. M., Murray, S. B., & Calzo, J. P. (2021). Self-reported eating disorders and sleep disturbances in young adults: a prospective cohort study. Eating and weight disorders, 26(2), 695–702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-020-00888-6
Schaumberg, K., Peters, D., Ahrenholtz, R., Crombie, K. M., Zhang, R., & Gorrell, S. (2021). Registered report: A pilot investigation of acute exercise response among girls and young women with and without eating disorders. The International journal of eating disorders, 54(11), 2057–2065. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23587
Schaumberg, K., Wonderlich, S., Crosby, R., Peterson, C., Le Grange, D., Mitchell, J. E., Crow, S., Joiner, T., & Bardone-Cone, A. M. (2020). Impulsivity and anxiety-related dimensions in adults with bulimic-spectrum disorders differentially relate to eating disordered behaviors. Eating behaviors, 37, 101382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101382
Trompeter, N., Austen, E., Bussey, K., Reilly, E. E., Cunningham, M. L., Mond, J., Lonergan, A., Tame, J., & Mitchison, D. (2023). Examination of bidirectional relationships between fear of negative evaluation and weight/shape concerns over 3 years: A longitudinal cohort study of Australian adolescents. The International journal of eating disorders, 56(3), 646–653. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23881