Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults: Screening

1. Screening and early treatment trials that focus on health outcomes and that enroll screen-detected populations from general primary care settings.
2. Studies on the potential harms of screening such as labeling and false-positive results.
3. Trials addressing the benefits and harms of screening and treatment in adolescents, men, and across sexual orientation/gender identity and racial and ethnic populations.
4. Accuracy studies enrolling asymptomatic adults and adolescents from primary care settings that use consistent definitions and reference standards to define eating disorder conditions.

The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for eating disorders in asymptomatic adolescents and adults.

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