Prospective Associations of Gastrointestinal Symptoms With Eating Disorder Psychopathology in Chinese Men and Women.

Key Points

• To explore how gastrointestinal symptoms relate to eating disorder (ED) psychopathology in men and women.
• Prospective assessment of GI symptoms and ED psychopathology in a Chinese population
• Comparison of findings between men and women
• Evaluation of intervention strategies for men based on GI symptom prevalence
• GI symptoms are linked to thinness-oriented eating disorders in men
• Bidirectional relationships for women were non-significant
• Need for further research to clarify findings for women