Eating Disorders Archives

ADHD Increases Risk for Bulimia - March 17, 2008

Impulsiveness associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) puts teen girls with attention problems at a substantial risk for eating disorders, shows a new study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. The research examined 140 girls with hyperactive and/or...
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Family Meals Reduce Disordered Eating in Teen Girls - January 10, 2008

Worried about your daughter's eating habits? New research shows eating five or more meals together per week as a family considerably decreases the likelihood of teen girls engaging in extreme diet behaviors such as fasting or vomiting. In 1999, 2516...
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Estrogen Linked to Anorexia - January 2, 2008

High levels of estrogen in the womb may increase risk of anorexia, shows new research published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Psychiatrists studied medical records of thousands of Swedish twins. They found anorexia to be higher in female twins...
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Anorexic Brain Set on Planning, Not Pleasure - December 3, 2007

Women who recover from anorexia show notably marked differences in brain patterns one year after recovery, states a report in this month's American Journal of Psychiatry. Walter H. Kaye, M.D., professor of psychiatry at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine...
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'Purging Disorder' Identified as Distinct Eating Disorder - September 10, 2007

What's the difference between purging after a binge and throwing up after a normal-sized meal? According to University of Iowa psychology professor Pamela Keel, these behaviors mark a critical distinction between the widely recognized eating disorder bulimia nervosa and a...
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PsychBriefs: September 2-8, 2007 - September 7, 2007

Suicide Rates Rise in U.S. Girls A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 2004 suicide rates shows an eight percent increase in suicides among Americans age 10 to 24 following a 13-year decline. This increase was...
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You are What Your Friends and Family Eat - July 28, 2007

If you've noticed you're having trouble fitting into your jeans lately, look to your friends and family--odds they've been packing on the pounds too. According to a study released in the July 26 edition of The New England Journal of...
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Diabulimia: Emerging Eating Disorder in Diabetic Teens A Growing Cause for Concern - June 19, 2007

Eating disorders revolve around food: how much, when, where, and what exercise must be done to counter its effects. The criteria aren't that different from what a teenager trying to manage their diabetes goes through, except that teens with diabetes...
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"Typical" Eating Disorder Criteria Miss Males, Non-Whites - May 7, 2007

Criteria for diagnosing eating disorders have been designed around their most common patient, a white, teenage female. However, recent research shows that as many as one in four people with eating disorders are male, suggesting these guidelines may miss a...
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Gay Men (And Women) Vulnerable to Eating Disorders - April 13, 2007

Comedian Margaret Cho once joked that when it came to eating disorders, gay men took them far more seriously than women. A population-based study released today by Columbia University reveals the truth behind the (dark) humor. The survey of 516...
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Survey Shows Binge Eating Most Prevalent Eating Disorder - February 2, 2007

A new study by Harvard psychiatrists aims at highlighting eating disorders as a top public health concern in America. The study, published in the February 1, 2007 issue of Biological Psychiatry, is the first to provide concrete figures on the...
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Antipsychotic Drug Helps Anorexics - January 18, 2007

Quetiapine, one of the atypical antipsychotics which have become popular in the treatment of schizophrenia, has shown to help in the recovery from anorexia. In a study of 19 patients published in this month's International Journal of Eating Disorders, nine...
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Diet Articles May Cause Eating Disorders in Teens - January 3, 2007

The 44 percent of middle school girls who frequently read articles about weight loss and dieting are twice as likely to try unhealthy weight loss measures such as smoking and fasting and three times as likely to try vomiting than...
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Morbidity Rates Down Among Anorexics - November 29, 2006

Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have announced some positive findings from a long-term study of sufferers of anorexia. The study, which followed all Swedish women between the ages of 10 and 24 who entered treatment for anorexia between...
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Eating Disorders Passed Down from Mother to Child - November 20, 2006

By the age of ten, signs of disturbed eating patterns are likely to appear in children whose mothers suffer from eating disorders says a longitudinal study of 56 children published in October's British Journal of Psychiatry. The children and their...
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Boys More Likely to Recover from Anorexia - November 3, 2006

A UCLA study shows that the symptoms of anorexia may be more persistent in recovering female patients than recovering male patients. Studying 99 male and female anorexics age 14 to 17, researchers found that one year after recovery, 8.4 percent...
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Internet Program Helps Prevent Eating Disorders - October 31, 2006

Researchers have found that an eight-week online cognitive behavioral program called Student Bodies helps prevents eating disorders in high-risk college-aged women. Four-hundred eighty college-age women with high body shape and weight concerns were recruited for the study. After undergoing the...
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How Advertisements Affect Body Satisfaction in Women - October 27, 2006

A study published in Psychology of Women Quarterly examines the impact of images of "thin-ideal" women in advertisements on women with and without prior feelings of body image concerns. Studying a group of female undergraduate students who viewed advertisements featuring...
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More Middle-Aged Women Being Treated for Eating Disorders - October 6, 2006

While bulimia and anorexia typically begin the teens or early 20s, increasingly more middle-aged women are seeking treatment for eating disorders following a relapse years after recovery, or when the disease, in addition to the responsibilities of work and family...
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Study: Eating Disorder Patients Likely to Self-Harm - October 4, 2006

Eating disorder clinic The Renfrew Center has published findings from a study of its patients showing that nearly half--44 percent--admit to having self-harmed. Nine percent of those reported engaging in self-harm behaviors including cutting, bruising and burning at least once...
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Cohabitation Lessens Bulimia Symptom - October 4, 2006

A five-year study of Norwegian teenagers living with bulimia has shown that binging and purging tended to wane once young women moved in with a partner or were married. Cohabitation did not improve their feelings about body image or prevent...
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