Monthly Archives: July 2019

Scientists Find Eating Disorders Are Triggered By Your Genes, Not Your Choices

Check the video here NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There are an estimated 30 million people in the U.S. with an eating disorder. Now, CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reports that new research has found that there are certain genes that make a person more likely to develop a serious eating disorder. For 10 long and difficult years, Cayetana Martinez…

Anorexia not just a psychiatric problem, scientists find!

Discovery of metabolic causes opens door to new treatments for dangerous eating disorder. Scientists have found that the devastating eating disorder anorexia nervosa is not purely a psychiatric condition but is also driven by problems with metabolism. The finding may help to explain doctors’ poor record in treating the illness and pave the way for…