Anorexia May Be Linked to Metabolism, a Genetic Analysis Suggests
July 15, 2019
Cynthia Bulik | A large, correlation-based study identifies eight genome regions associated with the eating disorder
Media Archive
The overlooked crisis of eating disorders among middle-aged women
June 17, 2019
“The belief that we all have is that eating disorders are a white girl’s disease, in high school and college, when really it is across all ages.”
NCEED Goes to Washington
May 13, 2019
Christine Peat | Dr. Peat blogs about the Eating Disorder Coalition’s 19th Annual Advocacy Day in Washington, DC
CBT Certificate at the Institute of Psychological Research, University of Puerto Rico
May 3, 2019
Mae Lynn Reyes-Rodriguez | Las Doctoras Recomiendan podcast with Dr. Reyes-Rodriguez about treating eating disorders in Latinos
Anti-Infective Drugs Tied to Eating Disorders
May 2, 2019
Cynthia Bulik | NYT covers the association of exposure to infections in childhood with risk of eating disorders in adolescent girls.
Interview with Dr. Guido Frank of the University of Colorado
April 22, 2019
Cynthia Bulik | Dr. Bulik interviews Dr. Guido Frank about the vicious cycle of anorexia nervosa.
Congratulations to one of NCEED’s Content Experts!
April 16, 2019
Rachel Goode | $50,000 Early Career Investigator Grant Recipient, Dr. Goode, is researching how to prevent binge-eating disorder among Black women in primary care.
Recap of the ICED Conference
March 22, 2019
Christine Peat | Dr. Peat recaps the Academy for Eating Disorders’ 25th annual ICED conference held in New York.
Researchers identify first genes linked to anorexia nervosa
Cynthia Bulik | DNA samples gathered from 17,000 people worldwide have helped scientists to identify the first eight genetic loci associated with the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa.
Genetic study suggests anorexia may have metabolic origins
Cynthia Bulik | Genome-wide association study identifies 8 risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiataric origins for anorexia nervosa
Anorexia may be more complicated than we thought
Cynthia Bulik | A genetic study argues for a more nuanced view of the disorder.
Scientists have found anorexia linked to metabolism
Cynthia Bulik | The way we treat anorexia may be changing, thanks to a new study linking the illness to metabolism.
Anorexia is a metabolic disorder as well as a psychiatric one
Cynthia Bulik | “We’re not very good at treating anorexia. There’s no medication, and that’s probably because we don’t understand the underlying causes.”
