Upcoming Webinars

Description:

Binge eating is prevalent among individuals living with food insecurity but is often overlooked due to differences in presentation and provider biases. In this webinar, jointly sponsored by the Binge Eating SIG and the Epidemiological & Public Health Practice SIG, we will discuss current research on the prevalence of binge eating and related behaviors among individuals living with food insecurity; review best practices for screening, assessment, and diagnosis, including how food insecurity may influence the presentation of binge eating and associated disordered eating symptoms; describe current models of binge eating etiology in food insecure populations; and consider ways to tailor evidence-based treatments to improve reach and relevancy. The webinar will be led by expert clinicians and researchers whose work focuses specifically on the overlap between binge eating and food insecurity, and will include a case presentation to inform clinical recommendations that audience members can translate back to their patients and communities. Didactic portions will be followed by interactive audience-led discussion, guided by questions solicited in advance that may address the roles of sociopolitical challenges and other eating disorder symptoms in the intersection between binge eating and food insecurity.

1.: Understand the prevalence of binge eating in food insecure populations
2.: Describe how to identify binge eating behaviors and related behaviors in individuals living with food insecurity
3.: Appreciate how current screening/diagnosis tools may be adapted to account for food insecurity
4.: Discuss how current onset and maintenance models of binge eating account for food insecurity
5.: Review best practices for treating binge eating with sensitive consideration around food access issues in the current sociopolitical context

• Kirstie Herb Neff, Ph.D.
  Dr. Kirstie Herb Neff is a research scientist in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Geisinger College of Health Sciences. Her program of research focuses on biopsychosocial mechanisms that influence the development and maintenance of eating and weight disorders, particularly among low-income and rural populations. She is also a practicing clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and weight-related concerns.

• Vivienne Hazzard, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.
  Vivienne M. Hazzard is an Assistant Professor in the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health at Michigan State University. Her research centers around the goal of preventing and reducing disparities in disordered eating behaviors, with a focus on the role food insecurity plays in the development of disordered eating.

• Andrea Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
  Andrea Goldschmidt is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her research focuses on eating behaviors that are associated with poor weight-related outcomes, particularly in children and adolescents. Her primary interest is in understanding mechanisms underlying loss of control eating (i.e., the experience of feeling unable to control what or how much one is eating) in children and adolescents. 

• Janet Lydecker, Ph.D.
  Janet Lydecker  is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Her research focuses on developing new treatments for children and adolescents with eating disorders, including binge eating and bulimia, as well as weight-related bullying. She also has a line of research on the treatment of adults with obesity and binge-eating disorder, including the efficacy of therapeutic approaches and predictors and moderators of treatments.

• Hannah Ziobrowski, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Hannah N. Ziobrowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the development and treatment of mental disorders, with a particular interest in how stress and trauma impact mental health across the life course. Her research encompasses eating, mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders, and PTSD.