Eating Disorders: Public Health and Genomic Insights - March 13, 2015

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Eating Disorders: Public Health and Genomic Insights - March 13, 2015

Genetics and epigenetics of eating disorders
Yilmaz Z et al. Advances in Genetics and Genomics March 2015

Check out genes reported in relation to anorexia nervosa, from the HuGE Navigator

Check out how many genes have been reported in relation to bulimia, from the HuGE Navigator

Update on the Medical Management of Eating Disorders in Adolescents.
Golden NH et al. J Adolesc Health 2015 Feb 6.

[Perspectives of genetic research in eating disorders using the example of anorexia nervosa].
Hinney A et al. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 2015 Jan (1) 8-10

A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa.
Boraska V et al. Mol. Psychiatry 2014 Oct (10) 1085-94

Genetics of eating disorders.
Hinney A et al. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2013 Dec (12) 423

The genetics of eating disorders
Trace S et al., Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 2013

National Eating Disorders Awareness: Role of Genomics - February 27, 2014

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 24- March 1, 2014

National Institute of Mental Health:  What are eating disorders?

From the National Library of Medicine: The exact causes of anorexia nervosa are not known. Many factors may be involved. Genes and hormones may play a role. Social attitudes that promote very thin body types may also be involved

A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa.
V Boraska et al. Molecular Psychiatry, February 14, 2014

Genetic variants associated with disordered eating.
Tracey D. Wade et al. International Journal of Eating Disorders (2013)