Adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Possible Eating Disorders
En español Study results showed that more than one-third of adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) were at risk. The prevalence of eating disorders has been rising and, according to a group…
Mothers’ Concerns About Transferring An Eating Disorder
En español How mothers with an eating disorder deal with perceived risks to their children. Highlights Mothers were concerned about passing on their body image and eating difficulties to their children.…
Body Checking and Body Avoidance
En español An overlooked population: student and professional ballet dancers Messages promoting the benefits of thinness are all around us. Nowhere is this more marked than in a ballet studio. The very…
Stigma Over Seeking Help for an Eating Disorder
En español An Australian study showed that stigma was not the main reason people avoided treatment. Stigma is one reason eating disorders patients avoid seeking help. Stigma comes in many forms, including…
From Across the Desk
En español One of our longest-serving Board members, Cheryl Rock, PhD, RD, is resigning after 34 years on the Eating Disorders Review Editorial Advisory Board. Active as a nutritional scientist for over two…
In the next issue
En español Measuring Hemoglobin A1c in Severe Eating Disorders Hypoglycemia can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in patients with severe eating disorders. A prospective, single-center cohort study recently showed that hemoglobin…
Social Networking Sites
Counteracting some of the risks of disordered eating can begin at home. Many teens are on social media daily—it may seem like constantly – but daily use varies. According to the Pew…
BED: A New Home-based Treatment Method
A combination of brain stimulation and attitude training reduced binge eating. Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College, London, recently investigated the feasibility of a new…
From Across the Desk
The increasing amount of time teens and young adults spend on social networking sites has drawn increasing attention to the link between viewing and adapting disordered eating behaviors. A study at Jawaharlal…
Setting a Cutoff Point for the EAT-26 in Japan
A lower screening scoret might reduce the number of untreated cases. One of the most widely used screening tests for eating disorders is the Eating Attitude Test-26, or EAT-26. The EAT-26 is a…
Book Review: The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook
(Judith Matz, Amy Pershing, and Christy Harrison. PESI Publishing, Inc, 2024.) Despite decades of research demonstrating that the majority of individuals who pursue weight loss will regain the lost weight, if not…
Does Extra Leisure time Promote Eating Disorders?
A study of Finnish twins bought unexpected results. Are teens with time on their hands at greater risk of developing eating disorders in adolescence and young adulthood? Researchers at the University of…