Eating Disorders News

Among girls and women with anorexia nervosa, endogenous ghrelin was associated with weight gain, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

HHS announced it has awarded $1 million 1-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic planning grants to 15 states through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

This year, Eating Disorders Awareness Week is being recognized from Feb. 27 to March 5.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 32 studies found that 22% of children and adolescents exhibit disordered eating, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The American Psychiatric Association plans to align treatment of eating disorders with a focus on risk-benefit analysis of physical and psychosocial factors, according to new guidelines published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Similar to younger women, midlife women’s dissatisfaction with their body was linked to eating disorder pathology, according to the findings of a small study published in Menopause.

Women with endometriosis faced higher odds of anxiety, depression and eating disorders, which researchers said are likely driven by genetic and phenotypic associations.

A study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that patients with familial hypercholesterolemia may have elevated risk for developing eating disorders.

Inpatient and outpatient volume increased for pediatric patients with an eating disorder following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The most-viewed content on TikTok related to food, nutrition and weight focuses on weight-normative messaging, according to a study published in PLOS One.