Columbia Center for Eating Disorders

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.

05/20/2025

Dr. Caitlin Lloyd discusses links between brain and behavior in teens with anorexia nervosa.

Dr. Caitlin Lloyd discusses links between brain and behavior in teens with anorexia nervosa.

05/12/2025

Cognitive Defusion: A strategy to separate from unhelpful thoughts. Read more on The Feed Blog.

A strategy to separate from unhelpful thoughts.

05/04/2025

Our colleague, Deborah Glasofer, PhD, sat down with Mette Espe Myrmæl, Norwegian psychologist and host of the podcast Psykt Interessant, to discuss what the research tells us about social media and mental health.

A deeper look at the research on social media and wellbeing.

03/28/2025