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Evaluating disorders of gut-brain interaction in eating disorders

Authors: Camilla A Wiklund, Marianna Rania, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Laura M Thornton, Cynthia M Bulik Journal: International Journal of Eating Disorders Main research question addressed: […]

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Anorexia nervosa and inflammatory bowel diseases – diagnostic and genetic associations

Authors: Janne Tidselbak Larsen, Zeynep Yilmaz, Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson, Laura M. Thornton, Michael Eriksen Benros, Katherine L. Musliner, Eating Disorders Working […]

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Reframing anorexia nervosa as a metabo-psychiatric disorder

Authors: Cynthia M. Bulik, Ian M. Carroll, Phil Mehler Journal: Cell Press. 2021 Oct;32(10):752-761. doi: 10.1016 Main research question addressed: […]

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Eating disorder behaviors and treatment seeking in self-identified military personnel and veterans: Results of the National Eating Disorders Association online screening

Authors: Rachael E. Flatt, Elliott Norman, Laura M. Thornton, Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft, Katherine N. Balantekin, Lauren Smolar, Claire Mysko, Denise E. […]

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Association between food addiction and body dissatisfaction among college students: The mediating role of eating expectancies

Summary: Eating expectancies are a self reported measure that assesses participants’ cognitive expectancies for reinforcement from eating, comprising of five […]

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Prenatal and perinatal factors and risk of eating disorders

Summary: This study examines whether there is an association between complications during pregnancy and later eating disorder risk in offspring. The […]

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Polygenic score for body mass index is associated with disordered eating in a general population cohort

Summary: This study examines the association between genetic variants of BMI with aspects of disordered eating.  Disordered eating describes a range […]

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Associations between eating expectancies and Eating disorder symptoms in men and women

Authors: Leigh C.Brosof, Melissa A. Munn-Chernoff, Cynthia M. Bulik, Jessica H. Baker Journal: Appetite. Volume 141, 1 October 2019, 104309 […]

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A longitudinal study of eating behaviours in childhood and later eating disorder behaviours and diagnoses

Authors: Moritz Herle, Bianca De Stavola, Christopher Hübel, Mohamed Abdulkadir Journal: Cambridge University Press. 05 August 2019 READ MORE

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Epigenetics in eating disorders: a systematic review

Authors: Christopher Hübel, Sarah J. Marzi, Gerome Breen, Cynthia M. Bulik Journal: Molecular Psychiatry. volume 24, pages901–915(2019) Published: 23 October 2018 […]

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Association of etiological factors across the extreme end and continuous variation in disordered eating in female Swedish twins

Authors: Lisa Dinkler, Mark J. Taylor, Maria Råstam, Nouchine Hadjikhani Journal: Cambridge University Press. 17 December 2019 READ MORE

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Genetic and environmental contributions to diagnostic fluctuation in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

Authors: Shuyang Yao, Henrik Larsson, Claes Norring, Andreas Birgegård Journal: Cambridge University Press. 29 October 2019 READ MORE

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Exploring the gene–environment nexus in eating disorders

Author: Cynthia M. Bulik Journal: Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience 2005 Sep; 30(5): 335–339. READ MORE

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Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Eating Disorders: What the Clinician Needs to Know

Authors: Suzanne E.Mazzeo PhD, Cynthia M.Bulik PhD Journal: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2009, […]

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