EATING BEHAVIOR AND EATING DISORDERS - THE INTERFACE BETWEEN CLINICALRESEARCH AND CLINICAL-PRACTICE

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to be a highly effec tive form of treatment for patients with bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. Issues of satiety disturbances, food restriction, and food ch oice are central to this form of therapy; however, ingestive behavior research that directly addresses these issues in eating disorder patie nts has often been overlooked by clinicians. These areas of research a re reviewed and the implications of the findings for more effective CB T therapy with anorexics and bulimics are discussed.