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From Across the Desk: Learning and Passing Knowledge Along

As always, the 2019 ICED meeting in New York offered many outstanding and thought-provoking sessions by eating disorder experts from around the world. It is always very difficult to single out one…

Update: Identifying Eating Disorders in the Military

Two University of Kansas researchers are developing a screening tool to better detect eating disorders among the US military (University of Kansas website, news.ku.edu/2019/04/18). With a 3-year, $1.7 million grant from the…

Is There a Role for Mindfulness in Treating Eating Disorders?

Three studies seek to clarify support for the benefits of mindfulness. Two recent studies and a meta-analysis dig deeper into the question of what role mindfulness should play in eating disorder treatment.…

Predicting Consequences of Binge Eating Among Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

Objective binge-eating was found in nearly half the participants in a 3-day test. Disordered eating has long been recognized as common among individual with type 1 diabetes (T1D), and includes traditional ED…

Bullying and Disordered Eating Behaviors

Bullying sets up a cascade of problems leading to disordered eating. A recent review and meta-analysis supports the role of bullying as a risk factor for ED (Lie, Ro and Bang, IJED.…

An Odd Couple: Childhood Infections and Risk of Eating Disorders in Adolescence

More studies will be needed to help explain this connection. Limited data have suggested a link between infection and risk of an eating disorder. A new study provides solid evidence that girls who…

Using Twitter to Explain Attrition in Online Eating Disorder Communities

Dropping out was both an individual and collective action. The use of social media as a way to get health information has arrived almost like a tsunami, bringing good with bad, and…

Questions and Answers: Self-Harm After Bariatric Surgery

Q. One of my young adult patients, who has had a history of obesity, anorexia nervosa (AN), and binge eating disorder (BED) successfully underwent sleeve gastrectomy, which stopped her binge eating. She lost…

In the Next Issue

Low Bone Mineral Density in Adolescents with Eating Disorders By Erin Knopf, MD, and Philip S. Mehler, MD Eating Recovery Center, Denver Adolescence is a critical time for bone development, and 40%…

From Across the Desk

In this issue, several articles point out ways to improve patients’ access to care, including a new algorithm measuring readiness for change and Web programs to encourage patients to go beyond the…

Update: Very Early Clues to Later Eating Disorders

Until recently there were few ways to identify children at risk for developing eating disorders later in life. Now, results of a recent study show that body mass index and growth patterns…

Taking Another Look at Pharmacotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa

A multi-site study showed promising results. Nutritional rehabilitation and psychotherapy are the mainstays of anorexia nervosa (AN) treatment. In contrast, medications are widely regarded as of little value in AN, either for…