Book Review: Paperweight by Meg Haston
BY: Rachel Guerra DATE: September 17, 2015 Paperweight by Meg Haston, has been lauded as a realistic fictional account of one individual’s experience with an eating disorder and inpatient treatment. […]
Seeking Exceptional Postdoctoral Fellows to Join Our Team!
DATE: September 9, 2015 The Eating Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accepting applications for MD or PhD scientists […]
ANGI: A Look AT Our Final Year of Recruitment
ANGI: A Look at Our Final Year of Recruitment BY: Christopher Hilliard DATE: September 7, 2015 The Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative has entered its final year of recruitment. On behalf […]
Eating Disorders Predict Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use, and Weight Status in Adolescence
BY: Melissa Munn-Chernoff, PhD DATE: September 3, 2015 Although psychiatric disorders and their symptoms can occur at any time in someone’s life, adolescence is a high-risk developmental period for the […]
Changes in Genetic Risk for Emotional Eating Across the Menstrual Cycle: A Longitudinal Study
BY: Jessica Baker, PhD Date: August 31, 2015 New research suggests that the genetic influence on emotional eating—defined as eating in response to negative emotions—changes across the menstrual cycle.1 This […]
Taking Back the Media: Recent Body-Positive Messages that We Love
BY: Erica Goodman Date: August 27, 2015 The media is known for its very narrow definition of beauty; it bombards us constantly with images and messages of what we should […]
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