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
Update: Just Under the Radar: Muscle-Building and Eating Disorders Muscularity-oriented disordered eating has joined some of the newer risks of muscle dysmorphia. With this… Read More
Update: Identifying Eating Disorders in the Military Two University of Kansas researchers are developing a screening tool to better detect eating disorders… Read More
Update: Very Early Clues to Later Eating Disorders Until recently there were few ways to identify children at risk for developing eating disorders… Read More
Update: Another Possible Cause Linked to BED and Obesity Two seemingly polar opposites, food insecurity, or lack of food, often due to poverty, and… Read More
Update: Cyberbullying Increases Eating Disorder Risk Studies of nonclinical samples have shown an association between cyberbullying and negative emotions, low self-esteem,… Read More
Update: Gender Differences and Peer Pressure on Appearance While perfectionism and concern about body image are long-time topics investigated among women, much less… Read More
Update: Cardiac Abnormalities among Young Males with AN Anorexia nervosa affects the heart by decreasing its mass and function. According to a recent… Read More