Eating Disorders
July 15, 2019
Researchers identify anorexia nervosa genetic variants, redefine disorder as metabolic and psychiatric
Scientists suggest that the origins of the eating disorder include a combination of metabolic and psychiatric components.
March 8, 2018
Stress eating can start in early childhood, may lead to extra weight later
children as young as 4 who experience stress eat more in the absence of hunger, beginning a cycle that could possibly mean extra pounds down the road.
March 3, 2018
Teeth hold the key to early diagnosis of eating disorders
Dentists can play a key role in the detection of health conditions including anorexia nervosa, bulimia and Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease
November 11, 2017
Both obese and anorexic women have low levels of ‘feel good’ neurosteroid
Women at opposite extremes of the weight spectrum have low levels of the neuroactive steroid allopregnanolone
July 11, 2017
Brain Responds Differently to Food Rewards in Bulimia Nervosa
Researchers discovered differences in how the brain responds to food rewards in individuals with a history of bulimia nervosa (BN)