The validity of the fifth and the 10th Body Mass Index percentile as weight cut-offs for anorexia nervosa in adolescence: No evidence from quantitative and network investigation of psychopathology.
Alessio Maria MonteleoneAlberta MereuGiammarco CascinoValeria RuzziMaria Chiara CastiglioniGiuseppina PatricielloMichela CriscuoloFrancesca PellegrinoStefano VicariValeria ZannaPublished in: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association (2020)
The fifth BMI percentile does not discriminate psychopathology severity in adolescents with AN. From the psychopathology perspective, our findings suggest that adolescents with atypical AN deserve the same clinical and research attention as those with full AN. Future studies are needed to identify a more accurate definition of underweight in adolescents.