McGregor, KerryMcKenna, John LBarrera, Ellis PWilliams, Coleen RHartman-Munick, Sydney MGuss, Carly E2025-01-292025-01-292023-05-15McGregor K, McKenna JL, Barrera EP, Williams CR, Hartman-Munick SM, Guss CE. Disordered eating and considerations for the transgender community: a review of the literature and clinical guidance for assessment and treatment. J Eat Disord. 2023 May 15;11(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s40337-023-00793-0. PMID: 37189185; PMCID: PMC10186736.2050-297410.1186/s40337-023-00793-03718918510.1186/s40337-023-00793-0https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/54097Background: It has been well established that individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer are at increased risk for mental health pathology, including eating disorders/disordered eating behaviors (ED/DEB). However, less is understood about the unique experiences of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people who struggle with ED/DEB. Aims: The purpose of this literature review is to examine the literature regarding the unique risk factors for TGD individuals who experience ED/DEB through a lens informed by the minority stress model. Additionally, guidance around the assessment and clinical management of eating disorders for TGD individuals will be presented. Results: TGD people are at increased risk for developing ED/DEB due to a number of factors including: gender dysphoria, minority stress, the desire to pass, and barriers to gender affirming care. Conclusion: While guidance around assessment and treatment of ED/DEB for TGD individuals is still limited, adhering to a gender affirmative care model is essential.en© The Author(s) 2023. Open Access: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativeco mmons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Disordered eating behaviorsEating disordersGender diversityLGBTQTransgenderJournal Article