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EDGI NZ team and collaborators take the stage at international conference

In line with what is rapidly becoming the "new normal”, this year’s International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED) is running virtually from June 11 to...
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Your EDGI questions answered

The New Zealand arm of the Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) – the world’s largest and most rigorous investigation into eating disorders ever performed –...
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World Eating Disorders Action Day

The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) team is proud to support World Eating Disorders Action Day (WEDAD), a global movement designed to raise awareness of...
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Update from EDGI-NZ Study

To our many study participants: we hope you have kept safe and well during the COVID-19 lock-down, and like us, are looking forward to increasing...

Extra support needed for those living with eating disorders during COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the nation causing New Zealand to enter a period of lockdown, an international expert on the topic is urging those...
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EDGI NZ during New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown

EDGI-NZ during New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown To our many study participants: thank you so much for your enthusiasm, commitment and generosity. We have had an...
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Staying on the eating disorders recovery path during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cynthia Bulik, PhD, Founding Director, UNC CEED, Jean Doak, PhD, CEED Clinical Director, Tonya Foreman, MD, CEED Medical Director –> Original blog post found here. This...
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“You have anorexia nervosa.”

By Megan, 23, ‘Health navigator’ who spent eight years grappling with anorexia nervosa, CHRISTCHURCH Four simple words. Words I never thought would ever be uttered...

Real facts about eating disorders & co-occurring conditions

By Professor Cynthia Bulik, PhD, EDGI Lead Principal Investigator When I started in this field several decades ago, it was commonplace to encounter someone who...

Eating disorders come in all shapes & sizes

The EDGI NZ Team learns heaps from the emails and comments that our participants send us about the experience of being in the EDGI study....

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