1. Eating Disorders and Obesity: The Challenge for Our Times.
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Hay, Phillipa and Mitchison, Deborah
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BED ,BMI ,Bulimia Nervosa ,Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ,E-Mental Health ,EEG ,EEG-Neurofeedback ,Female Athlete Triad ,International Classification of Diseases ,NMUR2 ,P3 ,Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S) ,addictive-like eating ,adolescent ,adolescents ,athlete ,bariatric surgery ,binge eating ,binge eating disorder ,binge-eating disorder ,binge-type eating ,biofeedback ,body satisfaction ,bone mineral density ,brain activity ,bulimia ,bulimia nervosa ,children ,cognition ,cultural features ,dietary patterns ,dieting ,eating behavior ,eating behaviour ,eating disorders ,eating disorders-related symptoms ,energy availability ,energy intake ,engagement ,event-related potential ,executive function ,exercise ,fMRI-Neurofeedback ,family functioning ,feeding behavior ,feeding practices ,females ,food addiction ,food environment ,food industry ,food policy ,frequency bands ,health education ,impulsivity ,lifestyle factors ,loss of control eating ,low energy availability ,menstrual dysfunction ,mothers ,neuromedin U receptor 2 ,nucleus accumbens ,nurse ,nutrient deficiency ,nutrition ,obesity ,obesity risk ,online health intervention ,orthorexia nervosa ,overweight ,para athlete ,physical activity ,physical fitness ,prevention ,psychology ,psychometric ,psychophysiology ,questionnaire ,school setting ,socioecological ,spinal cord injury ,students ,the Roma ,treatment ,usability study ,ventral tegmental area ,visceral adipose tissue ,weight ,weight loss ,women ,young children - Abstract
Summary: Eating Disorders have traditionally been considered apart from public health concerns about increasing obesity. It is evident that these problems are, however, related in important ways. Comorbid obesity and eating disorder is increasing at a faster rate than either obesity or eating disorders alone and one in five people with obesity also presents with an Eating Disorder, commonly but not limited to Binge Eating Disorder. New disorders have emerged such as normal weight or Atypical Anorexia Nervosa. However research and practice too often occurs in parallel with a failure to understand the weight disorder spectrum and consequences of co-morbidity that then contributes to poorer outcomes for people living with a larger size and an Eating Disorder. Urgently needed are trials that will inform more effective assessment, treatment and care where body size and eating disorder symptoms are both key to the research question.