From the Sanford Health press release via Newswise: An eating disorders research team led by Stephen Wonderlich, a Director of Clinical Research at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (NRI), has developed a successful bulimia nervosa therapy…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Patients with anorexia have trouble accurately judging their own body size, but not others’, according to research published Aug. 22 in the open access journal…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release: Eating disorders are commonly seen as an issue faced by teenagers and young women, but a new study reveals that age is no barrier to disordered eating. In women aged…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated in experimental models that blocking the Sigma-1 receptor, a cellular protein, reduced binge eating and caused…
From the Rhode Island Hospital press release via MedicalXpress: Rhode Island Hospital and Auburn University researchers found a link between restrictive food intake, or excessive dieting, and an increase in suicide attempts in people with…
From the Elhuyar Fundazioa press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology have designed a programme called MÃrate bien (Take a good look at yourself). It is a tool designed…
From the University of Colorado Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? A study recently published by a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher shows that reward…
From the Springer Select press release: Women with high family support and limited pressure to achieve the ‘thin and beautiful’ ideal have a more positive body image. That’s according to a new study looking at…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via AlphaGalileo: Eating disorders can be triggered by lack of support following traumatic events such as bereavement, relationship problems, abuse and sexual assault, according to research published in the May…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: A history of binge eating — consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time — may make an individual more likely to show…