Outpatient eating disorder clinic expands access to care for patients in need NEW YORK, NY SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 — Columbus Park, a leading outpatient eating disorder treatment center in New York City, has just announced plans to increase access to treatment. Current...
WW (the company formerly known as Weight Watchers) recently released a free app called Kurbo to help children and young adults ages 8-17 lose weight. Though WW claims that Kurbo gives kids and families a useful tool to support wellness, there are also a number of...
As smartphone use becomes more and more prevalent in our culture, growing numbers of people are using health-tracking apps. Here are the basics on health-tracking apps and how they might relate to disordered eating. What are health-tracking apps? Health-tracking apps...
We call it the “anorexic wish:” the desire to recover from the cognitive symptoms of anorexia (like the obsessive thoughts about food and the body and weight preoccupation) without having to gain weight. Anorexia is tricky to treat since so much about the...
Findings suggest that anorexia nervosa may be related to a biological adaptation that thousands of years ago helped migrating populations find food. Researchers believe that nomadic people possessed a natural instinct that prompted them to move on when food supply was...
