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Help Us Understand the Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health

Featuredby cbulik

CEED invites you to participate in an anonymous study of the impact of climate change on mental health.

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Awareness, climate change, college life, covid-19, mental health, Our Studies, research

What’s New at NCEED?

Featuredby cbulik

Updates from the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders Since our last update, the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (NCEED) has continued to make progress on several […]

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Awareness, NCEED

Dining on a Dime: Pasta

Featuredby cbulik

by Anastassia Skarlinski Pasta is a popular food. Italy alone produces over 1 million tons of pasta a year. It is estimated that there are more than 600 types of […]

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nutrition

Spring Produce Guide: Blueberries

Featuredby cbulik

by Anastassia Skarlinski People often say that there are only three fruits native to North America; cranberries, blueberries, and Concord grapes. Although these are indeed native to North America, there […]

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nutrition

Dining on a Dime: Cooking Oils

Featuredby cbulik

by Anastassia Skarlinski Cooking oils are pretty essential in a lot of meals. Oils can help blend or enhance the flavors in the meal. In baked goods, they help reduce […]

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college life, food insecurity, nutrition, Uncategorized

Spring Produce Guide: Springtime Herbs

Featuredby cbulik

by Anastassia Skarlinski I come from a long line of plant killers. We just cannot keep a plant alive no matter how hard we try. One exception to that, at […]

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nutrition

Dining on a Dime: Lentils

Featuredby camdene232

Learn about lentils!

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nutrition, Uncategorized

Winter Produce Guide: Pomegranates

Featuredby camdene232

Next up in our nutrition series… your guide to Pomegranates!

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nutrition, Uncategorized

Eating Disorders in U.S. Military Veterans

Featuredby camdene232

An overview of eating disorders in U.S. Military Veterans

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Awareness, PTSD, trauma

Winter Produce Guide: Root Vegetables

Featuredby camdene232

Your guide to root vegetables!

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nutrition, Uncategorized

Winter Produce Guide: Citrus

Featuredby camdene232

Your guide to winter citrus!

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nutrition, Uncategorized

Winter Produce Guide: Greens

Featuredby camdene232

Your guide to winter greens!

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nutrition

Eating Disorders During the Holidays

Featuredby camdene232

Holiday festivities can increase stress and anxiety for individuals with eating disorders. Read more about strategies you and your friends/family members can use to support your treatment and recovery.

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Awareness, Events, Holidays, recovery

Why Participant Diversity is Essential for Genetic Studies of Eating Disorders

Featuredby cbulik

Including individuals from diverse populations in genetic research will ensure that our findings will benefit everyone who suffers from eating disorders and not perpetuate health disparities.

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anorexia nervosa, BED, body image, bulimia nervosa, CEED and CEDI Science, Commentary, diversity, genetics, Our Studies, racism, research, Uncategorized

Eating Disorders and Concussions: Is there an association?

Featuredby cbulik

Due to the significant proportion of females who present to concussion clinics, clinicians should be encouraged to regularly screen for eating disturbances.

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Athletes, Awareness, nutrition, recovery, research, summer

Do Eating Disorders Impact the Structure of the Brain?

Featuredby cbulik

Many changes to the brain that occur during an acute eating disorder normalize with recovery.

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anorexia nervosa, BED, bulimia nervosa, CEED and CEDI Science, genetics, research, summer, Uncategorized

Individual and Relationship Functioning Disparities between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Couples

Featuredby cbulik

Sexual minority stress affects individuals and couples.

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diversity, summer, Uncategorized

Physical Activity Can Benefit You and Your Microbes

Featuredby cbulik

Healthy physical activity has benefits not only for you but for the microbes that live in your gastrointestinal tract.

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Athletes, Awareness, summer, Uncategorized

Why Nutrition Standards for School Provided Meals Matter

Featuredby cbulik

Now is not the time to roll back nutritional standards for school lunches.

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CEED and CEDI Science, food insecurity, Lab News, nutrition, research, summer

THE ROLE OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN THE TREATMENT FOR EATING DISORDERS AMONG LATINAS

Featuredby cbulik

Findings suggest that family-enhanced CBT in Latinas with EDs favored retention and adherence to treatment.

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BED, bulimia nervosa, CEED and CEDI Science, diversity, Lab News, Our Studies, summer

EL ROL DE LA FAMILIA EN EL TRATAMIENTO DE LOS TRASTORNOS DE LA CONDUCTA ALIMENTARIA EN LATINAS

Featuredby cbulik

Los resultados de este estudio sugieren que un módulo familiar mejorado en adición a la TCC favorecen la retención y adherencia al tratamiento en latinas con trastornos de la conducta alimentaria.

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BED, bulimia nervosa, CEED and CEDI Science, Clinic News, diversity, Our Studies, summer

Eating Disorder Stereotypes and the Damage They Do

Featuredby cbulik

Stereotypes about who is at risk for eating disorders do harm. We need to change our viewpoint!

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anorexia nervosa, Awareness, BED, bulimia nervosa, diversity, Lab News, racism

An Examination of Anorexia Nervosa in Black Women

Featuredby cbulik

by Dani Coan Dani is a rising senior social work major at NC State and a CEED Summer Intern. She is also a Research Assistant in Dr. Goode’s Living F.R.E.E. […]

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anorexia nervosa, Awareness, body dissatisfaction, body image, Commentary, diversity, Lab News, racism, summer, Uncategorized

CEED Summer Fellows and Interns Ensure the Future of our Field is Bright

Featuredby cbulik

CEED summer trainees demonstrate that the future of our field is in good hands.

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anorexia nervosa, Awareness, Behind the Scenes, CEED and CEDI Science, college life, Commentary, diversity, Lab News, racism, research, Spotlight, summer, Uncategorized

Could targeting gut microbes help treat anorexia nervosa?

Featuredby cbulik

How might research on the intestinal microbiota improve treatment for anorexia nerovsa?

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anorexia nervosa, CEED and CEDI Science, nutrition, research, Uncategorized

Spring Eating!

Featuredby mhillunc

Sarah Faigle, MPH RD LDN CEDRD Spring has sprung! For many, spring may trigger thoughts of renewal and spring cleaning. Unfortunately, for some spring is just the next turn of […]

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nutrition, recovery

Updates from the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders

Featuredby mhillunc

by La-Shell Johnson, Program Coordinator Since our last update, we here at the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (NCEED) have continued to make progress on several exciting initiatives. […]

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NCEED

CEED and CEDI Science Corner: Ghrelin and Emotion Dysregulation

Featuredby cbulik

In this new Exchanges feature, we will provide capsule summaries of emerging research from both the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (CEED) and the Karolinska Institutet Centre for […]

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CEED and CEDI Science

Disordered Eating and Stimulant Use in College Students

Featuredby mhillunc

By Melissa Munn-Chernoff, PhD, FAED College students are at risk for having adverse mental health outcomes.1 For example, the prevalence of eating disorder diagnoses in college is 11%-17% in women […]

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college life

Diabetes and Eating Disorders—A Dangerous Combination

Featuredby mhillunc

By Baiyu Qi, MPH, PhD student UNC Department of Epidemiology The co-occurrence of diabetes and eating disorders has been receiving considerable attention in the medical community (Coleman & Caswell, 2020). […]

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bulimia nervosa

New Year – Same You!

Featuredby mhillunc

By Sarah Faigle, MPH, RD, LDN At this time of year—every year—commercials, friends, and social media are abuzz with talk of New Year’s resolutions. And these resolutions often focus on […]

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covid-19, nutrition

Eating Disorder Symptoms in Asian American College Students

Featuredby mhillunc

By Melissa Munn-Chernoff, Ph.D. Most research on eating disorders and their symptoms have been conducted in individuals of European ancestry, despite studies demonstrating their presence in individuals of Asian ancestry […]

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college life, Our Studies, research

The Field of Eating Disorders Has a Problem: Let’s Fix It!

Featuredby cbulik

The eating disorders field must diversify to ensure that our workforce truly represents the broad impact that eating disorders have in our world.

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anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, Commentary, diversity, racism, summer

Emotions Got You Down? Do the Opposite!

Featuredby mhillunc

by Jessica Baker, Ph.D. There is no question that this is one of the most difficult times most of us have faced in our lives. Many of us are experiencing […]

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coronavirus, covid-19

UNC CEED and NCEED Faculty Speak at Congressional Briefings

Featuredby mhillunc

by Cynthia Bulik, PhD NCEED Director, Dr. Christine Peat, and CEED Founding Director, Dr. Cynthia Bulik, were busy over the past two months conducting Congressional briefings on topics relevant to […]

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NCEED, Uncategorized

A Preoccupation with “Healthy” Eating Over the Holidays

Featuredby mhillunc

by Christopher Trennepohl, MPH The holiday season can be a stressful time for those triggered by changes in eating patterns that often accompany the holidays, concerns with body image, or […]

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Uncategorized

Updates from the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (NCEED)

Featuredby mhillunc

By Courtenay Pierce, Research Assistant for NCEED It’s hard to believe, but October 1st marked the beginning of NCEED’s 3rd year. Those of you that have been with us since […]

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NCEED

Loving Your Body Through Quarantine

Featuredby mhillunc

Marina Harris, Ph.D. Quarantine has presented unique challenges for all of us, including an increased focus on health and physical appearance. In particular, at CEED we have seen an increase […]

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body dissatisfaction, body image, coronavirus, covid-19, nutrition, recovery

Learn How Your Eating Behaviors Change in Response to Hormones: CEED Launches New Research Studies Targeting Ovarian Hormones in Eating Disorders

Featuredby mhillunc

Dr. Jessica Baker, Associate Professor at CEED, is launching a new series of research studies examining how and why ovarian hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone, influence eating behaviors in […]

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BED, bulimia nervosa, Our Studies, research

Introducing CEED’s Clinical Trainees

Featuredby mhillunc

Maureen Dymek-Valentine, PhD Each year CEED is privileged to work with a new group of advanced clinical trainees. This year, we are thrilled to announce our newest clinical training cohort: […]

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Clinic News, Uncategorized

UNC CEED Announces the Launch of the Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI)

Featuredby cbulik

We are excited to announce the launch of the Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI), a global initiative to discover the genes that cause anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. […]

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anorexia nervosa, BED, bulimia nervosa, genetics, Our Studies

What is Grazing and Are We Doing it More During Quarantine?

Featuredby mhillunc

Christopher Trennepohl, MPH I don’t want to speak for everyone, but I had big plans for quarantine. I found that it was more difficult to adjust to such a massive […]

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coronavirus, covid-19, research

Diets Diets Diets!

Featuredby mhillunc

Sarah Faigle, MPH, RD, LDN 2020 has brought many new challenges to our daily lives, but one thing that has not changed with the COVID-19 pandemic is – DIET CULTURE! […]

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covid-19, nutrition

Eating Disorders in Asian Countries

Featuredby mhillunc

Author: Ya-Ke (Grace) Wu, PhD, RN Studies of the prevalence of eating disorders have been mainly based on populations in the United States and Western Europe, but recent studies indicate […]

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anorexia nervosa, body dissatisfaction, body image, bulimia nervosa, research

New Research on the Effects of COVID-19 on Eating Disorders

Featuredby cbulik

Our lives have all been significantly changed over the last several weeks due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), and individuals living with eating disorders may well be facing specific challenges related to […]

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anorexia nervosa, BED, bulimia nervosa, coronavirus, covid-19, NCEED, Our Studies, research

Emerging Research on Genetic Associations between Eating Disorders and Substance Use

Featuredby angiec

by Melissa Munn-Chernoff, Ph.D. Eating disorders and substance use disorders frequently co-occur (see previous blog for a review).  Studies have consistently shown that women with a history of bulimia nervosa […]

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Uncategorized

Continuing Eating Disorder Treatment During Physical Distancing (Also Known as Social Distancing)

Featuredby cbulik

By Jessica Baker, PhD Last week, we posted a blog about staying on the eating disorders recovery path during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here at the UNC Center of Excellence for […]

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anorexia nervosa, BED, bulimia nervosa, coronavirus, covid-19, recovery, Uncategorized

Staying on the Eating Disorders Recovery Path During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Featuredby cbulik

Cynthia Bulik, PhD, Founding Director, UNC CEED, Jean Doak, PhD, CEED Clinical Director, Tonya Foreman, MD, CEED Medical Director This is a special blog post for individuals with eating disorders […]

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anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, coronavirus, covid-19, recovery

Introducing Jean Doak, Ph.D., CEED Clinical Director

Featuredby angiec

by: Maureen Dymek-Valentine, PH.D. January 15, 2020 We are pleased to introduce Dr. Jean Doak as our Clinical Director.  Dr. Doak joined the CEED faculty in October, 2017. We were […]

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Uncategorized

How Can We Address the Needs of People in Midlife with Eating Disorders?

Featuredby cbulik

Introduction by Cynthia Bulik, PhD One of the benefits of being in my position is that I hear from people all over the world who have important perspectives to share […]

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anorexia nervosa, BED, body image, bulimia nervosa, Commentary

Spring Produce Guide: Flowers and Ferns

May 10, 2022by weeziet

Flowers are more than simply a beautiful sight. Read about how you can incorporate flowers and ferns into a meal.

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