This week on Wellbeing we are talking with Dr Walter Kaye, Executive Director of the Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, University of California San Diego. Dr. Kaye's research seeks to understand why individuals develop eating disorders and use what is learned to develop more effective treatments. He has authored more then 300 articles and publications on the subject and through his treatment work works closely with parents of children with anorexia and other eating disorders. This is the final episode talking with academics about anorexia as next week we start talking with those that have actually had the condition. 

In this episode, Dr. Kaye talks about what anorexia is, how and why it occurs, its effect on the body and the bones, anorexia in younger people, common traits in those with anorexia, how long it takes to develop, the prevalence of anorexia, how it impacts the brain, and the anorexia researching sector more broadly. 

"People will often end up recovering, and when they do, they actually do very well in life, and some of the traits that got them into trouble -self discipline, obsession with details, they are very achievement orientated - can be used in beneficial ways and people who recover from anorexia often do very well In life." - Dr Walter Kaye on this episode of Wellbeing

Tune in next week when we talk with Cherry Boone O'Neil about her anorexia journey  

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