Several CIHR researchers available to comment in light of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
ATTENTION: Assignment editors, health, research and science reporters
For immediate release--
2007-06
OTTAWA (February 1, 2007) - Eating disorders are complex; there are many different types of food, weight and body-image preoccupations. Several factors contribute to eating disorders, many of which are out of an individual's control.
Several researchers funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are available to comment on different aspects related to eating disorders as Canada marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, February 4 to 11, 2007.
CIHR-funded researchers
Overeating: a habit you wish you didn't inheritDr. Louis Pérusse, CIHR-funded researcher from Laval University (Quebec)
How anorexia and bulimia may lead to infertilityDr. Barbara Woodside, CIHR-funded researcher from Concordia University (Montreal)
Preventing weight re-gain of post-menopausal womenDr. Dominique Garrel, CIHR-funded researcher from University of Montreal (Montreal)
The genetic triggers of bulimia nervosa Dr. Howard Steiger, CIHR-funded researcher from the Douglas Hospital Research Centre (Montreal)
How stressors and hormones may regulate our urge to eatDr. Zul Merali, CIHR-funded researcher from the University of Ottawa Institute Of Mental Health Research (Ottawa)
How an online curriculum can help teachers prevent eating disordersDr. Gail McVey, CIHR-funded researcher from the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
Understanding anorexia nervosa Dr. Jacqueline Carter, CIHR-funded researcher from the University Health Network (Toronto)
Binge eating addictionDr. Caroline Davis, CIHR-funded researcher from the Toronto General Hospital (Toronto)
How anorexia sufferers may be at greater risk for osteoporosisEsther Waugh, CIHR-funded researcher from the University of Toronto (Toronto)
How diabetes may increase risk of eating disordersDr. Patricia Colton, CIHR-funded researcher from the Toronto General Hospital and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto)
Body image: an emotional issue for young Aboriginal womenTara-Leigh Fleming, CIHR-funded researcher from the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
The risks of dietary restraint Dr. Susan Barr, CIHR-funded researcher from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
A questionnaire that can help predict readiness for eating disorder treatmentDr. Josie Geller, CIHR-funded researcher from St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
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