BMI vs. BRI
En español Q. Body mass index (BMI, mg/kg2) is the best known and most common way to measure body fat and obesity. However, we’ve also heard about the body roundness index. What…
Eating Disorders Among Military Women
En español Previous physical and body standards have been rewritten for men and women. All our military branches have physical fitness and body composition requirements for men and women. Recently the Department…
When Autism and Feeding and Restrictive Eating Disorders Coexist
En español Many challenges face clinicians and patients alike. Feeding and eating disorders (FEDs) and autism share a number of similarities: fear of weight gain, anorexic behavior, and binge eating, for example.…
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…
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…