UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (CEED) Celebrates 20 Years of Firsts
by Cynthia Bulik, PhD, Founding Director of CEED It’s hard to believe that 20 years ago we cut the ribbon to launch what was then called the UNC Eating Disorders […]
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Lived Experience Co-design in Eating Disorders Research
by Ava Silverman Ava Silverman is a 2023 CEED Summer Fellow and rising senior at Smith College, majoring in neuroscience. Lived experience co-design of research refers to collaboration between researchers-by-training […]
Minority Stress in Sexual Minorities with Disordered Eating and Body Dissatisfaction
by Wesley R. Barnhart, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Bowling Green State University, and CEED Summer Research Fellow 2023 Sexual minorities, including gay, lesbian, bisexual, and Queer people (a […]
How Can Social Media Influence Obsessive Eating and Fitness Behaviors?
by Reese Layh In the past decade, rates of social media engagement have skyrocketed. Currently, 72% of Americans use at least one social media site (“Pew Research”, 2022). Adolescents and […]
Interoception in Anorexia Nervosa
By Alexis Dumain Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious disorder that is difficult to treat, and relapse is common.1-4 One reason it may be difficult to treat may be that […]
Barriers to seeking treatment for eating disorders amongst South Asian populations
By Avantika Kapadia -UNC CEED Summer Fellow 2022 Avantika Kapadia (@KapadiaAvantika) was a CEED Summer Fellow for 2022. One of her major research interests centers on the intersection between obsessive-compulsive […]
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