Georgie Parker reviews a qualitative analysis of Reddit comments relating to the use of MyFitnessPal and its impact on eating disorder behaviours.
[read the full story...]Can eating behaviours in childhood predict eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses in adolescence?
Georgie Parker summarises a longitudinal cohort study which finds that eating behaviours in childhood may predict eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses in adolescence.
[read the full story...]Eye-tracking in eating disorders research: new insights? #LEDC19
Caitlin Lloyd writes her debut elf blog on a new systematic review of eye‐tracking research in eating disorders.
[read the full story...]Eating disorders and autoimmune diseases: a bidirectional relationship?
Helen Bould appraises a new Swedish study published today in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, which evaluates the strength of associations for the bidirectional relationships between eating disorders and autoimmune diseases.
[read the full story...]Digital guided self-help for binge eating disorder: a paper worth getting INTERBED with?
Sarah McDonald summarises the INTERBED RCT, which explores the effect of Internet-based guided self-help versus individual face-to-face CBT on full or subsyndromal binge eating disorder in overweight or obese patients.
[read the full story...]Prevention of eating disorders: where do we start?
Sarah McDonald is impressed by this new systematic review of universal, selective and indicated prevention for eating disorders.
[read the full story...]The stigma of eating disorders: which interventions might help?
Francesca Solmi summarises a new systematic review of stigma and eating disorders, and asks if it’s time to move beyond socio-cultural explanations of risk.
[read the full story...]Rapid response to eating disorders predicts better outcomes
Francesca Solmi writes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of rapid response to eating disorders, which finds that early treatment of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder is associated with moderate improvements in behavioural and cognitive outcomes.
[read the full story...]Eating disorders: impact on health-related quality of life and healthcare costs
Gemma Shields’ debut blog about a systematic review of the health-related quality of life and economic burdens of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
[read the full story...]Bariatric surgery can help improve depression, says new meta-analysis
Emily Stapley reports on a new JAMA meta-analysis, which finds that mental illnesses such as depression and binge eating disorder are common among patients seeking and undergoing bariatric surgery.
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