A Better Understanding of Eating Disorders and Genetics
Researchers hope study results can improve treatment options.
Category: Eating Disorders
Your Relationship with Food Begins with Your Family
The first lessons we learn about eating come from our caregivers and can shape how we view food as we get older.
If You Struggle with Emotional Eating, Read This
The way you feel mentally can affect your relationship with food.
Managing the Holidays When You Struggle with Food
Having an eating disorder can make family time a challenge. Try these tips to show kindness to yourself and others.
The Emotional Toll of Food Allergies in Children
Help your child minimize anxiety about food allergies.
Allergies, Children's Health, Eating Disorders, Food Allergies, Health, Mental Health, Pediatric Medicine
How to Love Yourself in a World That Says You Aren’t Good Enough
Social media is rife with unrealistic images and diet fads, but some people are working to add positive messages.
Understanding Binge-Eating Disorder
This condition doesn’t get as much attention as anorexia or bulimia, but it’s far more common.
For anorexia nervosa, researchers implicate genetic locus on chromo...
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.
Online group therapy may be effective treatment for bulimia nervosa
Study led by UNC researchers compared group therapy delivered via online chat to face-to-face group therapy
Binge-eating disorder patients respond well to major forms of treat...
Psychological and medication treatment options are available to help patients with binge-eating disorder (BED) to achieve abstinence and improve other symptoms.
UNC Researchers Share ‘Nine Truths’ for World Eating Disorders Acti...
UNC eating disorder experts Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED, and Stephanie Zerwas, PhD, bring awareness to conditions affecting more than 70 million people worldwide.
Anorexia is Not a Choice
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.