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Tracy L. Tylka

Psychology · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1999
Eating Disorders and BehaviorsObesity and Health PracticesBody Image and Dysmorphia StudiesMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsBehavioral Health and Interventions

Publications

256

Citations

18,928

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
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Tracy L. Tylka's research focuses on body image, eating behaviors, and related psychological well-being, including how people relate to their bodies, eating patterns like intuitive eating, and disordered eating in diverse populations such as sexual minority men. A large part of this work involves developing and validating psychological measurement scales (e.g., for body appreciation, self-compassion, life satisfaction, intuitive eating) across different languages and cultural groups. The work also touches on mindfulness- and yoga-based approaches to body image and prevention/intervention strategies for eating disorders, including emerging discussions of AI's role in this space.

Body image and body appreciationEating behaviors and eating disorder preventionPsychometric scale development and validationMindfulness and yoga-based interventionsSociocultural influences on body image (gender, sexuality, culture)

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, rising to a peak around 2021, dipping in 2023-2024, and then rebounding strongly in 2025, suggesting an overall active but variable rate of output rather than a strictly steady or continuously growing trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 14.2/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 14 publications192020: 15 publications202021: 37 publications37212022: 22 publications222023: 10 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 26 publications252026: 8 publications26
Recent publications
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  • Body Image×52
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×40
  • PsycTESTS Dataset×11
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×9
  • Eating Disorders×7
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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