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. And, as…
Adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Possible Eating Disorders
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 of Indian…
Eating Disorders Among Military Women
Previous military 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 of…
Questions and Answers: BMI vs. BRI
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 is this, and…
Stigma Over Seeking Help for an Eating Disorder
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 teasing and…
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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 A1C (HbA1c)…
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…