Over hundreds and thousands of years, our ancestors developed adaptations to survive famine. When faced with a dramatic shift in energy availability (i.e. decrease in food), the body responds with neurobiological, hormonal and metabolic changes. So what does that...
You may have seen the recent Weight Watchers campaign that promotes free teen memberships starting in the Summer of 2018. Weight Watchers is deploying a classic marketing technique—a free startup offer in the hopes that once hooked on the product, participants would...
Thinking back to the first of the year, how many of us set a resolution with the intention of bettering ourselves? How many of us set goals that were focused on new exercise regimens, weight loss and/or the changing of dietary habits? A recent Nielsen survey stated...
Adjunctive Graded Body Image Exposure for Eating Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Initial Trial in Clinical Practice Kathryn Trottier, PhD1,2* Jacqueline C. Carter, D Phil3 Danielle E. MacDonald, MA1,4 Traci McFarlane, PhD1,2,4 Marion P. Olmsted, PhD1,2 CBT is...
Research from a recent study out of Macquaire University has demonstrated that visual comparisons of body image have the ability to physically adapt our brain’s visual perception. After such an adaptation, we are more likely to overestimate our own body size and...
From infancy onward, mothers are under pressure to balance (as if!) their own self-care with the demands of a growing family. Women so often set high standards for their ‘performance’ as mothers which adds on more stress and pressure during an already challenging...
To date, significant neurological imaging and research has been conducted to better understand the underlying mechanisms driving anorexia nervosa. For those suffering from atypical anorexia nervosa, questions still remain regarding the existence of a brain-basis and...
Author of New York Times article “When Anorexics Grow Up”, Lisa Fogarty, vividly recalls her first experience with anorexia on screen. A number of made-for-TV movies hit televisions in the late 80’s and 90’s that provided her and many others with their first visual...
Researcher Walter Kaye and his team at the UC San Diego Eating Disorder Center believe that brain imaging may play a key role in shaping the way we understand disordered eating behaviors. The team identified specific reward mechanisms within the brain that may be...
A meta-analysis of the relationship between therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in eating disorders While the therapeutic alliance has long been identified as an important factor in favorable psychotherapeutic outcomes, the effects of the therapeutic alliance...