
A Better Understanding of Eating Disorders and Genetics
Researchers hope study results can improve treatment options.
Researchers hope study results can improve treatment options.
The first lessons we learn about eating come from our caregivers and can shape how we view food as we get older.
The way you feel mentally can affect your relationship with food.
Having an eating disorder can make family time a challenge. Try these tips to show kindness to yourself and others.
Help your child minimize anxiety about food allergies.
Allergies, Children's Health, Eating Disorders, Food Allergies, Health, Mental Health, Pediatric Medicine
Social media is rife with unrealistic images and diet fads, but some people are working to add positive messages.
This condition doesn’t get as much attention as anorexia or bulimia, but it’s far more common.
UNC researchers led the most powerful genomic study of anorexia nervosa conducted to date to identify the common roots anorexia shares with psychiatric and metabolic traits. Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED, was the study's lead investigator.
Study led by UNC researchers compared group therapy delivered via online chat to face-to-face group therapy
Psychological and medication treatment options are available to help patients with binge-eating disorder (BED) to achieve abstinence and improve other symptoms.
UNC eating disorder experts Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED, and Stephanie Zerwas, PhD, bring awareness to conditions affecting more than 70 million people worldwide.
Researchers at the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders and around the world continue to study the genetics of the disease while treating patients in desperate need of help.