Update: Brain Signals Differ in Certain Mental Health Disorders Symptoms of anorexia are affected by differences in the mid-insula. Many people with mental health… Read More
Update: A Challenge to Current Anorexia Treatment The overall effects of current psychological approaches to treating adults with anorexia nervosa were recently… Read More
Update: Another Effect of the Pandemic: Higher Rates of Hospitalizations for People with EDs The University of Michigan recently reported that teens with eating disorders were twice as likely… Read More
Update: Investigating the Genetics of Eating Disorders We are increasingly aware of the genetic basis of AN but know far less about… Read More
Update: More Effects of COVID 19 The National Eating Disorders Association recently reported a 41% increase in messages to its telephone… Read More
UPDATE: COVID-19 and its Effects on ED Research The risks and effects of COVID-19 have reached far into the world of eating disorders… Read More
Update: ED Patients and the Costs of the Pandemic A recent survey of 1000 people with eating disorders in the US (n=511) and the… Read More
Update: Eating Disorders PSA: A New Act to Help Prevent Disordered Eating in Schools The Eating Disorders Prevention in Schools Act of 2020 (Eating Disorders PSA) was first introduced… Read More
Update: A Medicare Boon for those with EDs Until very recently, Medicare did not cover programs and services that used remote audio-only telephone… Read More
Update: Hospitalizations for EDs Rise Among Children in Great Britain Recent reports from the United Kingdom show that nearly 20,000 persons a year with eating… Read More
Update: New Weight Watchers Anti-Obesity App for Children Draws Criticisms The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that around 13.7 million children and adolescents… Read More
Update: Legislation Seeks to Improve Treating Eating Disorders among the Military U.S. Senators on the Armed Services Committee introduced bipartisan legislation on October 23 designed to… Read More