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April 10, 2013

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3:37 AM | Diabulimia: A Dangerous Duet
Type 1 diabetes (DMT1, or T1DM) is a lifelong disease often diagnosed in children or adolescents. Though causes of DMT1 are complex and not fully understood, it results from the body’s immune system destroying its own insulin-producing cells. This drastically lowers insulin levels and leads to high blood sugar (insulin is crucial for regulating blood sugar). If not managed properly, DMt1 can wreck havoc on the nerves, heart, and retina. The onset of DMT1 often results in dramatic weight […]
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February 21, 2013

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2:16 AM | Lifetime Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Eating Disorder Professionals
How many professionals that treat eating disorders have a personal history of struggling with an eating disorder? It is a crucial question to ask (and answer) because there are important implications for patient treatment and for the health of the afflicted professionals. It is true that many (or most?) individuals who go into mental health do so because of personal experiences–whether due to their own personal history or the experiences of a loved one–so it is useful to ask, just […]

BARBARICH, N. (2002). Lifetime Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Professionals in the Field, Eating Disorders, 10 (4) 305-312. DOI:

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December 16, 2012

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8:03 AM | Anorexia Nervosa: Can We Blame The SoB? (It’s Not What You Think.)
I bet you are thinking parents. Or media. Or thin models. Nope. The SoB I am talking about is the season of birth bias (when the SoB pattern in a specific group differs from that of the general population.) That SoB.  You might have heard that individuals born between the months of June – August (or sometimes March – August) have a higher chance of developing anorexia nervosa. But is it true? A lot of studies have been done to investigate the question of whether a season of […]

Waller G, Meyer C & van Hanswijck de Jonge L (2001). Early environmental influences on restrictive eating pathology among nonclinical females: the role of temperature at birth., The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 30 (2) 204-8. PMID:

van Hanswijck de Jonge, L., Meyer, C., Smith, K. & Waller, G. (2001). Environmental temperature during pregnancy and eating attitudes during teenage years: A replication and extension study, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 30 (4) 413-420. DOI:

Watkins, B., Willoughby, K., Waller, G., Serpell, L. & Lask, B. (2002). Pattern of birth in anorexia nervosa I: early-onset cases in the United Kingdom, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32 (1) 11-17. DOI:

Willoughby, K., Watkins, B., Beumont, P., Maguire, S., Lask, B. & Waller, G. (2002). Pattern of birth in anorexia nervosa II: a comparison of early-onset cases in the southern and northern hemispheres, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32 (1) 18-23. DOI:

Peñas-Lledó E & Waller G (2002). Pattern of birth and eating attitudes in young adults: failure to replicate in a warmer climate., The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32 (3) 367-71. PMID:

Munn, M. & Klump, K. (2003). Season of birth and disordered eating in female college students, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 34 (3) 343-348. DOI:

Peñas-Lledó EM, Rodriguez Santos L, Vaz Leal FJ & Waller G (2003). Pattern of birth in restrictive and bulimic eating disorders., Eating behaviors, 3 (4) 325-8. PMID:

Winje, E., Willoughby, K. & Lask, B. (2008). Season of birth bias in eating disorders-Fact or fiction?, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 41 (6) 479-490. DOI:

Javaras, K., Austin, S. & Field, A. (2011). Season of birth and disordered eating in a population-based sample of young U.S. females, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 44 (7) 630-638. DOI:

Winje E, Torgalsbøen AK, Brunborg C & Lask B (2012). Season of birth bias and anorexia nervosa: Results from an international collaboration., The International Journal of Eating Disorders, PMID:

Brewerton, T., Dansky, B., O'Neil, P. & Kilpatrick, D. (2012). Seasonal patterns of birth for subjects with bulimia nervosa, binge eating, and purging: Results from the National Women's Study, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 45 (1) 131-134. DOI:

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October 25, 2012

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2:38 PM | Eating Disorders Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women
The hardest part of science blogging is picking an article to blog about. In times when I’m indecisive–when I spend hours sifting through the literature, inevitably creating several draft posts before deciding each article isn’t interesting enough–I turn to the list of topics that have been suggested by readers. The last suggestion I received was “eating disorders in the lesbian community.” It is a great suggestion, but I thought my search wouldn’t […]

Koh, A.S. & Ross, L.K. (2006). Mental health issues: a comparison of lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual women., Journal of Homosexuality, 51 (1) 33-57. PMID:

Share, T.L. & Mintz, L.B. (2002). Differences between lesbians and heterosexual women in disordered eating and related attitudes., Journal of Homosexuality, 42 (4) 89-106. PMID:

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May 15, 2012

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11:49 AM | Gender Nonconformity, Transsexuality and Eating Disorders
Too many people still mistakenly believe that eating disorders are for the Mary-Kates, Nicole Richies and Lara-Flynn Boyles, or vain adolescent and teenage girls aspiring to be just like them. Actually, as I’ve blogged earlier, even male veterans in late middle age are not immune to struggling with anorexia and bulimia nervosa. All in all, males make up ~ 5-10% of all eating disorder sufferers. But what about those that dread having to check off “male/man” or “female/woman” on a data […]

Vocks, S., Stahn, C., Loenser, K. & Legenbauer, T. (2009). Eating and body image disturbances in male-to-female and female-to-male transsexuals., Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38 (3) 364-77. PMID:

Hepp, U. & Milos, G. (2002). Gender identity disorder and eating disorders., International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32 (4) 473-478. DOI:

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