Picture Blurrfect tackles yet another eating disorder myth: that these diseases occur only in young people. Dr. Lisa Kilpela of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio joins the show to share how she studies eating disorder pathologies and body image in older women, what she and her team have found thus far, and how this research can inform future treatment strategies. Join Naomi for a quick detour at the beginning of the episode on her recent trip to her North Carolina which confirmed how much she hates calorie counts on restaurant menus!
Papers Discussed in the Episode:
1) Kilpela et al., 2015 - Body Image in Adult Women: Moving Beyond the Younger Years
2) Wilfred et al., 2021 - Bing Eating Among Older Women: Prevalence Rates and Health Correlates Across Three Independent Sample
3) Kilpela et al., 2019 - Self-objectification and Eating Disorder Pathology in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adult Women: Cross-sectional and Short-Term Longitudinal Associations
Kilpela Lab Website: click here
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