Eating Disorders: The Intricate Dance of Genes and Environment in Eating Disorders

Speaker: Cynthia Bulik
Master Teacher: Lynne Kemen

Moving beyond old Nature versus Nurture debates, Dr. Bulik will challenge you to embrace the complex ways that genes and environment interact to influence risk for eating disorders. After decades of misdirected belief that eating disorders were purely sociocultural phenomena, we have made enormous strides in uncovering the genetic underpinnings of these pernicious disorders. Dr. Bulik will provide a listener-friendly distillation of contemporary genetics while acknowledging that biology does not act alone. Culture clearly plays a role and the critical question is how our biology influences our vulnerability to toxic environmental pressures. She will review what we know today and where we need to go in order to advance our understanding of the intricate dance of genes and environment in eating disorders.

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Education

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• Cynthia
• Bulik
• Eating
• Disorders
• Abnormal
• Psychology