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Friday, July 30, 2010

University Starts 2-Year Study into Eating Disorders Among Overweight Children

Texas A&M University has begun a two-year study of 250 overweight children in order to study is to understand why some children eat for emotional reasons and develop eating disorders.

One theory of eating disorders is that problems with the regulation of emotion leads some children to eat when they are not hungry as a way to cope with stress and negative emotions.

This study is funded by the National Institute of Health.
 

Labels: research, emotional eating, overweight

Posted By: Eating Disorders Help Guide

Comments:

Kensington on 8/19/2010
Gig 'em, Aggies, as the saying goes. The more studies done that help identify eating disorder triggers - and the earlier ages at which they are done - the better. Knowledge is power.