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New Eating Disorders App Teaches Normal Eating Behavior - Psych Central
Swedish researchers have developed a pioneering method to help people with anorexia learn to eat again. The scientists take the position that eating disorders should be considered just that — eating disorders, rather than mental disorders.
The proof, they say, is in the eating.
Professor Per Sodersten explains that “anorexic patients can normalize their eating rate by adjusting food intake to feedback from a smartphone app.”
Sodersten is the lead author of an article in Frontiers in Neuroscience. He defends his provocative position by explaining that use of the app is usually successful. He explains, “in contrast to failing standard treatments, most regain a normal body weight, their health improves, and few relapse.”
Swedish researchers have developed a pioneering method to help people with anorexia learn to eat again. The scientists take the position that eating disorders should be considered just that — eating disorders, rather than mental disorders.
The proof, they say, is in the eating.
Professor Per Sodersten explains that “anorexic patients can normalize their eating rate by adjusting food intake to feedback from a smartphone app.”
Sodersten is the lead author of an article in Frontiers in Neuroscience. He defends his provocative position by explaining that use of the app is usually successful. He explains, “in contrast to failing standard treatments, most regain a normal body weight, their health improves, and few relapse.”