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Eating Disorders

Bio-feedback-based treatment for eating disorders now available in U.S.

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 28th, 2005

More than 5 million American girls are suffering from an eating disorder, and many of them could die due to ineffective treatment.

A treatment now available in the U.S. has a 75% success rate for even the most serious cases of anorexia and bulimia. Of those who meet the strict criteria to be considered a success, more than 90% are still healthy after 5 years.

The US Mandometer Clinic for Eating Disorders opened its doors just a few months ago to treat patients coping with eating disorders. The Mandometer Treatment regards the problem of eating disorders as disordered eating resulting from dieting, rather than resulting from a serious psychiatric...

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