Could a commonly used intervention for anxiety & OCD-related disorders be key to curbing post-treatment relapse in adults with anorexia nervosa? Researchers out of New York Psychiatric Institute set out to demonstrate that Exposure & Response Prevention for...
Prevalence of dieting and fear of weight gain across ages: a community sample from adolescents to the elderly Margarita C. T. Slof‑Op ‘t Landt1 · Eric F. van Furth1,2 · Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt3 · Meike Bartels3 · Gonneke Willemsen3 · Eco J. de Geus3 ·...
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...
Kathryn Trottier, PhD1,2* Jacqueline C. Carter, D Phil3 Danielle E. MacDonald, MA1,4 Traci McFarlane, PhD1,2,4 Marion P. Olmsted, PhD1,2 Adjunctive Graded Body Image Exposure for Eating Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Initial Trial in Clinical Practice CBT is...