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UrduThe Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) announces annual award recipients to be honored at the 2024 International Conference on Eating Disorders. The AED awards celebrate individuals who have shown exceptional dedication and achievement in the international eating disorder field.
Tag: Anorexia
The Medical Minute: Eating disorders on the rise
Eating disorders are “complex medical and psychiatric conditions that patients don’t choose and parents don’t cause.” Two Penn State Health experts describe the conditions and what you can do about them.
What I wish I’d known about teens and eating disorders
A first-person account by the parent of a patient receiving eating disorders treatment at Michigan Medicine; the author’s name is withheld to protect privacy. The piece quotes a psychiatrist with the program, who reviewed the piece before publication.
Researchers bring eating disorder awareness to MO schools
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded researchers Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft and Denise Wilfley a grant to help improve outcomes for eating disorders in adolescent girls.
Anorexia Linked to Significant Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Women diagnosed with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa are five (500%) times more likely on average to have underweight babies, according to a comprehensive new study.
“Hunger hormone” ghrelin affects monetary decision making
Higher levels of the stomach-derived hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, predict a greater preference for smaller immediate monetary rewards over larger delayed financial rewards, a new study finds. The study results will be presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting.
Renowned eating disorder researcher available ahead of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
Kelly Klump ([email protected]), specializes in the etiology of eating disorders, as well as genetic and neurobiological risk factors. She is available to speak to media about disordered eating ahead of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Feb. 24-March 2. Dr.…
People with Anorexia Nervosa and Body Dysmorphic Disorder Show Similarities and Differences in Brain Function
A new UCLA study shows partially overlapping patterns of brain function in people with anorexia nervosa and those with body dysmorphic disorder, a related psychiatric condition characterized by misperception that particular physical characteristics are defective.
Anorexia may stunt young women’s growth
Girls with anorexia nervosa can have stunted growth and may not reach their full height potential, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Emotion coaching added to anorexia nervosa treatment
Emotion coaching for parents is a new tool that could help teenagers recover from anorexia.
Whether a fashion model or not, some body image concerns are universal
When researchers from UCLA and the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, Oklahoma, wanted to test an app they created to measure body image perception, they went to the body image experts — fashion models.
UC San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research Awards Grants for Five Novel Studies
The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at University of California San Diego School of Medicine announces $3 million in research grants to explore new applications of cannabis for a number of novel medical applications.