Treatment Notes by Sari Fine Shepphird

Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2009

February 22-28, 2009 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Every year around this time, healthcare professionals, along with patients, former patients, and families who have been personally affected by eating disorders, take time to highlight for the Nation both the devastating effects of these illnesses, and the hope that can be found through treatment and recovery.

This year is no exception. In fact, this year marks the beginning of new, highly anticipated efforts at improving the landscape of eating disorders treatment and research.

Low Carb Diets Can Affect the Brain

Tufts University recently released the following announcement:

Low-Carb Diets Can Affect Dieters' Cognition Skills

The study reinforces some ideas and findings that we in the eating disorders field are all-too familiar with...

Anorexia Death Rates

My colleague, Ken Pope, Ph.D. recently sent me a new article that should serve as another wake-up call about the dangers of anorexia nervosa.