Science News About Eating Disorders
- Chatbot Encourages People With Eating Disorders to Seek Care
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In a new NIMH-funded study, Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, and colleagues developed a chatbot to encourage people with eating disorders to connect with care.
- Adult “Picky Eaters” Recall Helpful Parent Feeding Strategies
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Researchers asked a group of self-identified adult “picky eaters” to reflect on their parents’ feeding strategies to better understand which strategies were helpful and which weren’t.
- Eating Disorder Behaviors Alter Reward Response in the Brain
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A new NIMH-supported study found that eating disorder behaviors alter the brain’s reward response process and food intake control circuitry, which can reinforce the behaviors.
- Genetic Variations Highlight the Importance of Metabolic Processes in Anorexia
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The need to identify effective targets for intervention in anorexia nervosa is pressing, as patient outcomes are often poor. An NIMH-funded genome-wide association study suggests that metabolic processes may play an important role in the disorder, offering a promising new avenue for investigation.
- Using Technology to Help Predict Binge and Purge Episodes in People with Eating Disorders
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In binge-eating disorder and bulimia nervosa, people experience recurrent and frequent episodes in which they eat unusually large amounts of food and feel a sense of loss of control.
