Commentary Questions Anorexia Nervosa Diagnostic Shift
A commentary in the Journal of Eating Disorders argues that shifting anorexia nervosa diagnosis from observable signs to psychological symptoms ...
Tag: Anorexia Nervosa
PSYNIGED Protocol: Gut Microbiota in Pediatric Eating Disorders
The PSYNIGED study protocol outlines a longitudinal investigation into gut microbiota and psychoneuroimmunological factors in children and adolescents with first-episode ...
Autonomous Motivation Linked to Eating Disorder Symptom Reduction
A study of 56 women with anorexia nervosa found that higher baseline autonomous motivation was associated with greater reductions in ...
Case Report Links Rapid Weight Loss to Rare Chest Air Leak
A case report in Eating and Weight Disorders links rapid weight loss and malnutrition to spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a 23-year-old ...
Italian Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale Validated for Eating Disorder Insight
A clinical validation study confirms that the Italian Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale provides a reliable unidimensional measure of belief-related ...
Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia: Why So Many Young Patients Do Not Respond
A systematic review of 55 studies finds that definitions of treatment non-completion and non-response in adolescent Family-Based Treatment vary widely, ...
Study Evaluates Pericardial Effusion Risk Factors in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa
A retrospective case-control study found that pericardial effusion is common in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and independently associated with lower ...
Carers value eating disorder credential but say access barriers persist
A survey of 51 Australian carers found strong support for the ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential, though access, collaboration, and individualised ...
Czech Version of Exercise Questionnaire Flags Maladaptive Movement in Eating Disorders
A Czech validation of the Exercise and Eating Disorders questionnaire in 181 patients and 45 controls found maladaptive movement scores ...
Emerging Neuroscientists Map Body, Brain and Behaviour Across the Lifespan
A new Frontiers Research Topic gathers studies led by early-career researchers in psychophysiology and cognitive neuroscience, spanning bodily self-representation, neural ...
AI Research on Eating Disorders Is Booming, but Almost Nothing Reaches the Clinic
A scoping review of 66 studies finds artificial intelligence research on eating disorders has grown rapidly since 2016, yet 77 ...
Phase angle reveals blood and heart signs of anorexia nervosa that BMI misses
A study of 55 female patients with anorexia nervosa found that phase angle and height-adjusted reactance were associated with hematological, ...
Emotion Regulation Difficulties Fail to Explain Impaired Daily Functioning in Eating Disorders
A cross-sectional study of 193 women at a specialist eating disorder clinic found that emotion dysregulation did not predict psychosocial ...
New multivariable model predicts anorexia nervosa remission better than BMI-based severity ratings
A prognostic model combining BMI, treatment history and self-injury predicted remission in anorexia nervosa far better than DSM-5 weight-based severity ...
Italian Version of Food Addiction Interview Shows Strong Psychometric Performance
A new study validates the Italian version of the Food Addiction Symptom Inventory in 118 eating disorder patients, finding good ...
Food Attention in Adolescent Anorexia Shifts Over Time in ERP Study
An ERP study of female adolescents found that anorexia nervosa was associated with greater food engagement and a temporal shift ...
When Puberty Strikes Early or Late, Eating Disorder and Muscle Dysmorphia Risks Shift in Teens
A Danish study of 13,208 adolescents finds that both early and late pubertal timing are linked to higher odds of ...
For Autistic Adults, Eating Disorders May Be Rooted in Sensory Experience, Not Body Image
A systematic review of thirteen qualitative studies finds that autistic adults experience eating disorders as inseparable from autism itself, driven ...
PET scans reveal how anorexia nervosa reshapes insulin sensitivity tissue by tissue
A Finnish PET imaging study maps insulin-stimulated glucose uptake across muscle, fat, liver, gut, and brain in women with anorexia ...
GDF-15: The Stress Hormone That Decides When We Eat, Burn, and Waste Away
A new review maps how the stress hormone GDF-15 integrates appetite, muscle metabolism, inflammation, and iron homeostasis, positioning it as ...
