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Eating Disorders

Research on anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, and body image disturbance.

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PubMed records indexed
10,808
Published in last 5 years
4,955
Active NIH grants
1,427
NIH funding
$47M

Publication volume by year

  • 212521
  • 194022
  • 178823
  • 185424
  • 207325
  • 102826

Under-studied questions

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  • Reliance on cross-sectional designs in eating disorders research

    Moderately supported

    Across the 28 most recent NIH-indexed eating disorders articles analyzed, 4 (14%) explicitly surface this issue in their own title or abstract. A recurring, self-reported constraint at this rate is a concrete opening rather than a general complaint.

    Evidence

    Detected in 4 of 28 abstracts (14%) by matching the language authors themselves use to describe study limitations. Counts come from cached PubMed records, not from an interpretation of them.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Design a longitudinal follow-up that measures the same constructs at multiple timepoints so temporal ordering can actually be established.

    Sources (4)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 1427 active NIH grants.

  • Dependence on self-report measures in eating disorders research

    Tentative

    Across the 28 most recent NIH-indexed eating disorders articles analyzed, 3 (11%) explicitly surface this issue in their own title or abstract. A recurring, self-reported constraint at this rate is a concrete opening rather than a general complaint.

    Evidence

    Detected in 3 of 28 abstracts (11%) by matching the language authors themselves use to describe study limitations. Counts come from cached PubMed records, not from an interpretation of them.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Pair the standard self-report battery with an objective or behavioral index and quantify how much the two diverge.

    Sources (3)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 1427 active NIH grants.

  • Review coverage without recent trials

    Tentative

    The recent eating disorders sample analyzed contains 8 reviews or meta-analyses but no randomized or clinical trials. When synthesis outpaces primary intervention work, the practical questions usually remain untested.

    Evidence

    Publication-type tags on cached PubMed records: 8 review/meta-analysis, 0 trials, out of 28 articles analyzed.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Design a small, well-powered pilot trial on the intervention question these reviews repeatedly identify as untested.

    Sources (5)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 1427 active NIH grants.

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