Eating Disorders

In November 1944, 36 men reported to the University of Minnesota as volunteers for a 13-month study under research scientist Ancel Keys. What became known as the Minnesota Starvation Experiment has long been cited as perhaps the most important study on the mental, physical, and social effects of food restriction.

Calm, pleasure and satisfaction is what most people experience after eating. But for people with eating disorders, food brings anxiety, disturbance and noise. Dr. Hill takes a look from the inside out from the "sound" to the biology of these diseases and how the future holds a different approach to manage the illness while bringing these patients hope.

Laura Hill, PhD, President & CEO of The Center for Balanced Living, explains how far eating disorder research has come since the 1980's, what the future of research looks like, and what makes individuals susceptible to developing an eating disorder.

An animated video exposing the limitations of current research on weight and health.

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Learn about the signs, symptoms, treatments, and the latest research on eating disorders.

Got 60 seconds? Take a mental health minute to learn about eating disorders.

A video outlining the neurobiology of the eating disorders Anorexia and Bulimia.

Practical solutions, compassionate communication tools and emotional support for parents of children and teenagers by Eva Musby, author of the book by the same title

What can parents do when in spite of their support,their child (whatever their age) seems stuck part-way through a meal, or at the start, or close to the end?

Rebecka Peebles, MD discusses child and adolescent eating disorders at the Maudsley Parents Boston Conference on Adolescent Eating Disorders on September 28, 2012.

Video explaining what FBT is and why it is used with young people.

This video provides strategies to help parents, caregivers and families provide structure and support to youth with eating disorders before, during and after meals.

During the 1970s and 1980s, anorexia nervosa moved from being an obscure affliction to having epidemic status. The explosion in eating disorders during these years required to the creation of new hospital wings and specialized clinics around the world; it also inspired hundreds of successful movies and young-adult novels, shaped popular conceptualization of adolescence, led to new thinking about body dysmorphia and trauma, and had a major impact on theorists of both capitalism and feminism. Eating disorders were so pressing both because they were so devastating but also because they were spreading so rapidly and inexplicably. This talk will analyze a variety of voices that grapple with the cause and meaning of this new category of mental illness. These sources include materials on medical education from the NLM collections; clinical and hospital records; self-help support group documentation; patient diaries; TV and film; and feminist writings from Germany, Italy, the US, and Great Britain. Taken together, they document the multiple meanings of anorexia and bulimia in the modern world.