A 2-experiment BMC Biology study found that female body-size judgments did not require a full-body view: bottom-half views preserved accuracy in 99 women, while isolated inner- or outer-thigh views produced more perceptual error than whole-body views in a second 116-woman experiment.1 The result is relevant to body-image research because it points to lower-body feature integration, …
A 2026 Australian co-design study found that 70 of 73 surveyed health professionals, plus all 5 people with lived experience and all 6 carers interviewed, described outpatient care after eating-disorder hospital discharge as inadequate. Research Highlights Outpatient care was the main gap: 70 of 73 surveyed health professionals and all 11 interviewed patients/carers said care …
Anorexia nervosa (AN), a severe mental disorder characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted body image, remains a formidable challenge in psychiatric treatment. Recent research has shone a light on the potential of olanzapine, an atypical antipsychotic, in offering new hope through both systemic and innovative intranasal administration methods in animal …