About the Authors

Anna Lavender

anna.lavender@slam.nhs.uk

Affiliation Eating Disorders Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Maudsley Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Helen Startup

Affiliation Eating Disorders Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Maudsley Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Ulrike Naumann

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Computing, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Nelum Samarawickrema

Affiliation Section of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Hannah DeJong

Affiliation Section of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Martha Kenyon

Affiliation Section of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Frederique van den Eynde

Affiliation Section of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Ulrike Schmidt

Affiliation Section of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL HS US. Performed the experiments: AL HS FvD. Analyzed the data: UN. Wrote the paper: AL HS MK UN US. Helped to collect and collate data and administer study: NS HdJ MK.