Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books The latest data indicate that 1 in 3 Americans is obese, and almost 2 of 3 Americans are…
Leptin: New Roles Ahead?
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books Early hopes that leptin might be an effective treatment for obesity never proved to be true. However, this…
Attitudes about Exercise During Treatment
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books Physical activity can be a mixed blessing among patients with eating disorders. The benefits of regular exercise are…
Dating Preferences by Body Type
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books A review of 5,810 YAHOO.com heterosexual Internet dating profiles showed that race-ethnicity and gender influence body type preferences…
A Male Body-Checking Questionnaire is Tested
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books “Body checking” involves repeated attempts to evaluate or scrutinize appearance, and may be an important behavioral consequence of…
Bulimia Nervosa: What 25 Years of Research Tells Us
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books Thirty years ago, Gerald Russell first outlined the features of bulimia nervosa (BN)-dread of overeating, compensatory measures, and…
Testing Treatment Options for BED
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books Patients with binge eating disorder, or BED, face a number of challenging problems, including continuing eating binges, comorbid…
Racial Differences in Abdominal Adiposity
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books A major U.S. public health goal is to significantly reduce racial disparities in health. One area of study…
Mortality Among EDNOS Patients Is Higher Than Suspected
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review January/February 2010 Volume 21, Number 1 ©2010 Gürze Books The high mortality rates among persons with anorexia nervosa (AN) are well known. In contrast, bulimia nervosa (BN)…
Combating the Negative Impact of Mass Media
By Michael Levine, PhD Department of Psychology, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review November/December 2009 Volume 20, Number 6 ©2009 Gürze Books To exist: from the Latin existere, to…
EDR to Become Online Only, Will Cease Print Version
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review November/December 2009 Volume 20, Number 6 ©2009 Gürze Books Beginning in January 2010, the Eating Disorders Review will become an online-only publication. Although bimonthly issues will continue…
Q & A: A Medical Care Dilemma
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review November/December 2009 Volume 20, Number 6 ©2009 Gürze Books Q: The father of one of my patients has expressed concern about ongoing medical care costs for his…