Towards a science of eating disorders: Replacing myths with realities: The fourth Birgit Olsson lecture.
BACKGROUND
For too long we have been "stuck" in old perspectives that have hampered the advance of knowledge. In part, this is related to the challenges that people have in unlearning misinformation.


OBJECTIVE
To address the need for an upgrade in the eating disorders field.


METHODS
To assist with replacing outdated and inaccurate ideas with new data, this lecture reviewed novel approaches to eating disorders that engage scientists and clinicians from diverse fields to approach questions about aetiology and treatment of eating disorders through new lenses. This forward-looking lecture outlined critical questions that need to be addressed to move the field forward and strategies for engaging scientists from different fields.


RESULTS
Leading-edge findings on genetics, intestinal microbiota, and neuroscience are reviewed.


CONCLUSIONS
This review encourages the integration of new evidence-based knowledge to form the backbone of our understanding of and approach to eating disorders.
a Department of Psychiatry and.|b Department of Nutrition , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA , and.|c Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.
Cynthia M
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Bulik
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods
Anorexia nervosa; binge eating disorder; bulimia nervosa; genetics; microbiota; neurobiology