12/08/2010 | Obese people are considered the third most disgusting of 16 different social groups, second only to drug addicts and smokers, Australian research reveals.
24/06/2010 | Theories that metabolic and endocrine disorders, including obesity, might be biologically linked to bipolar disorder have been strengthened by a recent study identifying more severe psychiatric symptoms and less response to treatment in patients with these problems.
24/06/2010 | Efforts to help patients with an eating disorder overcome their illnesses may be undermined by pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia online communities, research suggests.
24/06/2010 | Obese women under 30 are significantly less likely to use oral contraceptives than women of normal weight, and four times more likely to have an unintended pregnancy, research suggests.
25/11/2009 | New diagnostic criteria will more accurately reflect the higher prevalence of eating disorders in the population, according to an article in The Lancet.
12/11/2009 | Outcomes in patients with bulimia nervosa are still unsatisfactory, with less than half of patients experiencing a full recovery and about one-quarter developing another eating disorder. 1 comment
17/09/2009 | A pilot day program for adolescents and young adults with eating disorders has produced promising results, a Melbourne psychiatrist says.
22/04/2009 | Young children are being hospitalised for potentially fatal complications from anorexia and bulimia even though they do not meet the diagnostic criteria for the disorders, the first Australian prospective study of early-onset eating disorders has found.
02/04/2009 | Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are neurobiological, serious mental illnesses that should be given the same level and breadth of health care as conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar, eating disorder experts say.
22/03/2009 | A typical middle-aged person could add two years to their life by preventing their body mass index from increasing from 28 to 32, according to new research.