This week on Wellbeing is the second instalment in our anorexia series. We are continuing to look into anorexia from an academic perspective. In this episode we are talking with Prof. Isabel Krug, a senior lecturer in clinical psychology, and leads the MSPS Eating Disorder Lab based at the University of Melbourne. The main focus of the lab is to improve the understanding of the genetic, neurocognitive, environmental, and psychological underpinnings of eating disorders.

Prof. Krug talks about what anorexia is, how and why it occurs, its effect on the body and the internal organs, anorexia in younger people, stigma surrounding those with anorexia, anorexia in children and different age groups, how it impacts the brain, and the anorexia researching sector more broadly.

"Some people could just go into a diet for what ever reason, or might be dissatisfied with their body, start a diet and then they develop an eating disorder." - Prof. Isabel Krug on this episode of Wellbeing

Tune in next week when we talk with another expert in the anorexia field.

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