Obesity or eating disorders

Obesity and eating disorders are part of a range of weight-related problems. These problems include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, anorexic and bulimic behaviors, unhealthy dieting practices, binge eating disorder, and obesity. Depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders are associated with both eating disorders and obesity.

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Services and Programs

• Family Outreach Center
  Disability-specific programs associated with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and other organizations at Vanderbilt provide a broad range of treatment, research, technical assistance, education, and outreach services.

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StudyFinder - Participate in a study related to Obesity or eating disorders

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers need subjects to complete the studies listed below.

• Trajectories of Phenotypic behavior in Persons with Prader-Willi Syndrome

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Video, Podcast and Images

• Pediatric Obesity: Diabetes Prevention in the Latino Population
  Shari Barkin, M.D., M.S.H.S., Marian Wright Edelman Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of General Pediatrics, presented at the Developmental Disability Grand Rounds, a monthly grand rounds series for clinicians, researchers, trainees, and students, on Wednesday, February 3, 2010.

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In the News

• Research News @ Vanderbilt: Circadian clock linked to obesity, diabetes and heart attacks
• Nashville Business Journal: Surgeon General: Childhood obesity endangers future work force
• Associated Press: Metro Parks, Vanderbilt offer program to battle obesity among the very young
• VUCast: Vanderbilt scientists receive federal funding for two unconventional research projects

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