Genome wide analysis of anorexia identifies the common roots the disease shares with metabolic and psychiatric traits.
Researchers report the brain's response to taste stimuli is linked to higher anxiety and a drive for thinness in those with anorexia.
The brains of those with anorexia have sizable reductions in three critical measures, including cortical thickness, subcortical volume, and cortical surface area.
Promoting and maintaining a better gut microbial balance may help to protect against symptoms of anorexia in those with the eating disorder.
Hunger fails to activate food reward circuits in people with anorexia.
Neuroimaging study reveals those with anorexia have noticeable reductions in cortical thickness, subcortical volume, and cortical surface area. The reductions are between 2 to 4 times larger than abnormalities in brain size and shape in those with other mental illnesses.
Women who suffered from eating disorders are at increased risk of developing depression during pregnancy and up until 18 years after the birth of their child.
Children with autistic traits at age seven were 24% more likely to develop weekly eating disorders, including fasting, purging, and binge eating, by age 14.
A new study reports when people with anorexia decide what to eat, they engage the dorsal striatum, an area of the brain associated with habitual behavior.
Findings suggest a strong genetic factor could predispose people to anorexia and other eating disorders.
