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Do No Harm: Embrace Health at Every Size

The frantic focus on weight in relation to health has been detrimental to our society and the individuals within it. The use of terms like “overweight” and “obese” are misleading [...]
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Keto Diet: Facts Versus Fad

The ketogenic diet is only one of the most recent options in the rotation of the notorious fad diets. The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics holds the position that [...]
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Mothers and Daughters and Eating Disorders

Contributor: Staff at Carolina House Mothers clearly have an impact on their daughters’ eating habits. They model eating behaviors and thoughts about health and dieting, establish relationship boundaries, and even [...]
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How Genetic Variation May Impact Antidepressant Efficacy in Eating Disorder Treatment

DNA Strand of Genetic Variation Impact on Eating Disorder Treatment

Understanding the role of dietary deficiencies and genetic variation impact on the efficacy of medication can be an effective tool when treatment planning with patients and families. Incorporating information about [...]
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High Suicide Risk in the Eating Disorder Population

Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use The eating disorder population is exposed to a greater probability of suicide and attempted suicide. A recent study, conducted by the University of [...]
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages May Be Potentially Addictive

Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use Young people enjoy and consume the most significant amounts of sugar-sweetened beverages than any other age group in the U.S. As a consequence, [...]
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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part VI

environmental factors of Eating Disorders

When looking at individuals with bulimia, there is more dopamine drive in this reward chemical. As such, you can’t only focus on eating. You have to also watch for drug [...]
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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part V

It is only in the last 20 years that the idea of anorexia as a biologic controlled genetic mental illness has come about. For so long, treatment focused on the need [...]
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Nutritional Status Affects Cortical Folding: Lessons Learned From Anorexia Nervosa

sketch of the human brain and Cortical Folding

Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use Cortical folding in the human brain is complex and variable among individuals. It may also reflect pathological functioning with certain abnormalities associated in [...]
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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part IV

Image of brain and Eating Disorder Brain Traits

As we learn more about brain traits that predispose people to eating disorders, people want to know, “what traits make my brain more at risk?” Unfortunately, there is little good science [...]
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