Columbia Center for Eating Disorders

09/21/2025

Our Director of Research, Joanna Steinglass, MD, recently published The Handbook of the Neurobiology of Eating Disorders. Learn more or purchase a copy!

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-handbook-of-the-neurobiology-of-eating-disorders-9780197675182?cc=us&lang=en& #

09/15/2025

As freshman and other college students begin to settle into the new school year, here are some ways to continue the recovery process in the transition.

You may have the magical idea that the eating disorder won’t follow you to school. There’s no such thing as magic, but there are ways to be successful at staying healthy.

08/21/2025

Answers to commonly asked questions that can help students with eating disorders ease the transition back to school.

Answers to commonly asked questions that can help students with eating disorders ease the transition back to school.

08/12/2025

Learn more about ARFID. Doctors are seeing rising cases of this eating disorder.

The rise of ARFID, a new eating disorder driven not by body image but by fear.

07/20/2025

Pregnancy can be a high-risk time for eating disorder onset or relapse—or it can provide some relief from eating disorder symptoms.

I thought finding help navigating my changing body and relationship to food would be easy. In my third trimester, I’m still figuring it out on my own.

06/26/2025

At the Columbia Center for Eating Disorders, we are focused on how to help people recover. Joanna Steinglass, MD, our Director of Research, breaks down what parts of the brain are used to make decisions about food for someone with anorexia nervosa. Understanding the role habitual behavior plays in this illness helps guide treatment development.

06/23/2025

As the temperatures rise this season, aim to let cooler heads prevail by focusing on true summer fitness, physical and mental.

As the temperatures rise this season, aim to let cooler heads prevail by focusing on true summer fitness, physical and mental.

06/16/2025

Summer travel plans? Check out our blog for how to embrace flexibility in eating and exercise while traveling.

Embracing flexibility in eating and exercise while traveling.

06/08/2025

Is your child or teen headed to camp this summer? Check out some tips from our colleague, Deborah Glaosfer, PhD on how to help your camper have a successful summer camp experience.

How to help your camper have a successful summer camp experience.

06/05/2025

This article echoes a sentiment we share -- there is always hope for recovery.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/health/anorexia-older-women-eating-disorders.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawKtzBNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFRcUV4aUdSU2NjeEtDbVZTAR58G2OAKQ2zDI_X4cgEbjs0BsN910LRDsXppVFxC7whG4qGsNpzxv2hUGCenQ_aem_F7mWFE2V9RbD3Cx4sb-qag

A growing number of older women are seeking treatment for eating disorders. Many have struggled without help for decades.

06/02/2025

Check out our blog for an update on the 1945 Minnesota Semi-Starvation Experiment. This study was pivotal to informing our understanding of anorexia nervosa and researchers recently tracked down some of the participants to help us learn more!

An update from the 1945 Minnesota Semi-Starvation Experiment.

05/27/2025

Our director of research, Joanna Steinglass, MD, discusses how research can help us understand the connection between increases in stress and more challenges with eating.

When you’re emotionally overwhelmed, it might feel natural to reach for a bag of chips. But how stress affects eating habits may be different from what we realize, a psychologist says.