Weight Stigma Awareness Week 2016
BY: Christine Peat, PhD DATE: September 27, 2016 The dominant culture in the United States has become increasingly weight-focused. Women and men are inundated on a daily basis with commercials […]
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Binge-Eating Disorder and Medical Risk
BY: Hunna Watson, PhD DATE: September 26, 2016 Recent research to come out of UNCs Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (CEED) in partnership with the Center for Eating Disorders […]
What makes a Villain? Fat Shaming in Children’s Literature
BY: Tosha Smith, PhD DATE: August 29, 2016 Like many parents with small children, I really value reading with my kids. We hear all the time from our children’s doctors […]
How Does a High Fat Diet Impact the Brain? PART TWO!
BY: Andrew Hardaway, PhD DATE: June 20, 2016 In my previous post, I introduced some emerging research on how diets rich in fat affect brain energy availability. In this post, […]
“Screening” Screen time: Exploring Media Influences on Children’s Lifestyle Behaviors
BY: Camden Matherne, PhD DATE: March 10, 2016 As a kid, I remember having definite rules in our house about screen time. For example, no TV or video games before […]
On the Perspicacity of Clinicians: Reflections on the Hilde Bruch Award
The very first book I ever read on eating disorders was The Golden Cage by Hilde Bruch. She wrote that book in 1978 at the age of 74 after a […]
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