A new study on eating disorders :Taking On the Thin Ideal

clipped from www.time.com Taking On the Thin Ideal clipped from www.time.com A new study on eating disorders suggests prevention starts with getting girls to realize they've been duped clipped from www.time.com University of Texas have come up with to keep girls from developing eating disorders According to a study in the latest issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the risk of developing eating disorders was reduced 61% among Body Project participants. "This is a good start," says Dr. Walter Kaye, a board member of the National Eating Disorders Association. But Kaye cautions that eating disorders are much more complicated than researchers first thought. For starters, the disorders can't be blamed solely on environmental factors. Brain-scan studies show that the neural circuitry that normally responds to the pleasurable, rewarding aspects of eating doesn't seem to work in anorexics.