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Iaedp’s 33rd Annual Symposium, “Instilling Passion Into Treatment and Recovery,” scheduled for February 7-10, 2019 in Palm Desert, CA, has announced its keynote speakers, all of whom are outstanding researchers in eating disorders.…

Update: Cyberbullying Increases Eating Disorder Risk

Studies of nonclinical samples have shown an association between cyberbullying and negative emotions, low self-esteem, unhealthy eating behaviors, and body dissatisfaction. Psychologist J.H. Marco and a team of researchers from the University…

Collegiate Female Athletes’ Knowledge About Eating Disorders

Knowing the signs and symptoms of an eating disorder brought the lowest scores. Athletes are a group at high risk for disordered eating, and one would hope they would be knowledgeable about…

Large Study Analyzes Compulsive Exercise and Eating Disorders

One finding: Nearly half of eating disorders patients were compulsive exercisers. In the largest study to date of compulsive exercise in adults with eating disorders, more than 9,000 female and male patients…

When People with Anorexia Injure Themselves

Difficulty regulating emotions is a common component of an eating disorder, and self-injury may act as a coping mechanism for dealing with overwhelming emotions. This was one finding from a recent study…

Eating Disorders Patients and the Internet

Although the Internet has many benefits, negative effects emerged from concentration on body image, weight, and comparisons with the ‘thin ideal.’ One area often overlooked in treatment is the time eating disorders…

Nature-based Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder

A pilot study showed significant differences between nature-based therapy and standard group therapy. (Note: see also September-October issue’s lead article, Needed: More Vitamin ‘N’.) In Denmark, binge eating disorder, or BED, is…

A New Medical Network System Improves Eating Disorders Treatment in Japan

A medical community network improved many areas, including making initial appointments. In Japan, health care coverage provides free access to needed treatment. However, there are only a limited number of physicians in…

Orthorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorders

A study in Spain seeks to make a connection between the two. Orthorexia nervosa, first described in 1997, is an obsession with consuming only “healthy foods.” The relationship of orthorexia nervosa to…

A Better Way to Assess Malnutrition than Using Presentation Weight

A new approach for anorexia patients who are not underweight. In a recent editorial in the Journal of Adolescent Health(2018;63:669), Andrea K. Garber, PhD, RD, from the University of California, and Benioff Children’s…

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Binge Eating and Premenstrual Dysphoria

Q. One of my middle-aged patients has a fairly long history of binge eating that I think may be related to her premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Now she is considering surgery for her premenstrual…

IN THE NEXT ISSUE

2019: What’s New in Eating Disorders Remarkable advances and new treatment approaches and advances are promising steps forward for all patients with eating disorders. Plus Inpatient Care for ARFID Patients and Narcissism…