Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research (CEDaR)
@cedar-research.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary research center at Psykiatrisk Centre Ballerup, Copenhagen 🧠 Epidemiology | Neuroimaging | Genetics | Psychotherapy | Lived experience
NEW PAPER❗
CEDaR's Nadia Micali & Helena Davies (@helenadavies.bsky.social) leveraged Danish register data from 2000 to 2022 to calculate age-& sex-specific incidence and prevalence of #eatingdisorders over time & identify comorbid diseases
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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CEDaR's Nadia Micali & Helena Davies (@helenadavies.bsky.social) leveraged Danish register data from 2000 to 2022 to calculate age-& sex-specific incidence and prevalence of #eatingdisorders over time & identify comorbid diseases
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Temporal Trends in the Epidemiology of Eating Disorders Between 2000 and 2022: A Danish Register Study of Their Incidence and Comorbidities
Background Eating disorders are debilitating illnesses that often co-occur with other psychiatric disorders and somatic diseases. Evidence indicates that the incidence of eating disorders has been i...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
NEW PAPER❗
CEDaR's Nadia Micali & Helena Davies (@helenadavies.bsky.social) leveraged Danish register data from 2000 to 2022 to calculate age-& sex-specific incidence and prevalence of #eatingdisorders over time & identify comorbid diseases
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧵 below (1/9)
CEDaR's Nadia Micali & Helena Davies (@helenadavies.bsky.social) leveraged Danish register data from 2000 to 2022 to calculate age-& sex-specific incidence and prevalence of #eatingdisorders over time & identify comorbid diseases
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT
Is the genetic predisposition for anorexia nervosa, OCD and schizophrenia associated with clinical, neurocognitive, and cortical phenotypes in individuals without a clinical diagnosis?
3 key findings below 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Is the genetic predisposition for anorexia nervosa, OCD and schizophrenia associated with clinical, neurocognitive, and cortical phenotypes in individuals without a clinical diagnosis?
3 key findings below 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Genetic risk and transdiagnostic traits in anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Genetic risk and transdiagnostic traits in anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia - Volume 55
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT
Is the genetic predisposition for anorexia nervosa, OCD and schizophrenia associated with clinical, neurocognitive, and cortical phenotypes in individuals without a clinical diagnosis?
3 key findings below 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Is the genetic predisposition for anorexia nervosa, OCD and schizophrenia associated with clinical, neurocognitive, and cortical phenotypes in individuals without a clinical diagnosis?
3 key findings below 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...
*CEDaR Away Day*
Yesterday, our team came together for a mix of team-building activities, research discussions, and future planning.
We left feeling inspired by the creativity, collaboration, and shared commitment to improving #eatingdisorder research.
Grateful for this brilliant team! 💜
Yesterday, our team came together for a mix of team-building activities, research discussions, and future planning.
We left feeling inspired by the creativity, collaboration, and shared commitment to improving #eatingdisorder research.
Grateful for this brilliant team! 💜
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
*CEDaR Away Day*
Yesterday, our team came together for a mix of team-building activities, research discussions, and future planning.
We left feeling inspired by the creativity, collaboration, and shared commitment to improving #eatingdisorder research.
Grateful for this brilliant team! 💜
Yesterday, our team came together for a mix of team-building activities, research discussions, and future planning.
We left feeling inspired by the creativity, collaboration, and shared commitment to improving #eatingdisorder research.
Grateful for this brilliant team! 💜
✨ CEDaR round-up of the last couple of months!
1️⃣ *eprObes meeting*
Senior researcher Elena Jansen & Nadia Micali hosted 30 EU partners in Copenhagen, sharing the latest results on early risk factors of obesity.
They're almost at the half-way mark - stay tuned!!
Read more: eprobes.eu/observatory/
1️⃣ *eprObes meeting*
Senior researcher Elena Jansen & Nadia Micali hosted 30 EU partners in Copenhagen, sharing the latest results on early risk factors of obesity.
They're almost at the half-way mark - stay tuned!!
Read more: eprobes.eu/observatory/
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
✨ CEDaR round-up of the last couple of months!
1️⃣ *eprObes meeting*
Senior researcher Elena Jansen & Nadia Micali hosted 30 EU partners in Copenhagen, sharing the latest results on early risk factors of obesity.
They're almost at the half-way mark - stay tuned!!
Read more: eprobes.eu/observatory/
1️⃣ *eprObes meeting*
Senior researcher Elena Jansen & Nadia Micali hosted 30 EU partners in Copenhagen, sharing the latest results on early risk factors of obesity.
They're almost at the half-way mark - stay tuned!!
Read more: eprobes.eu/observatory/
⭐ CEDaR goes to Krakow!
Last week, senior researcher Anne Bryde and PhD student Mathilde Hasselby-Andersen represented our team at the World Conference for the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR 2025) in Krakow.
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Last week, senior researcher Anne Bryde and PhD student Mathilde Hasselby-Andersen represented our team at the World Conference for the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR 2025) in Krakow.
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July 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
⭐ CEDaR goes to Krakow!
Last week, senior researcher Anne Bryde and PhD student Mathilde Hasselby-Andersen represented our team at the World Conference for the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR 2025) in Krakow.
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Last week, senior researcher Anne Bryde and PhD student Mathilde Hasselby-Andersen represented our team at the World Conference for the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR 2025) in Krakow.
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🌸 This weekend, the BLOOM team had an amazing time at BørneFestibal in Copenhagen.
We were so excited to be part of this joyful celebration of creativity, curiosity, and play – all tailored for the little (but mighty!) minds💡
We’re excited to keep growing — together 🌱
#BørneFestival #BLOOMstudy
We were so excited to be part of this joyful celebration of creativity, curiosity, and play – all tailored for the little (but mighty!) minds💡
We’re excited to keep growing — together 🌱
#BørneFestival #BLOOMstudy
June 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🌸 This weekend, the BLOOM team had an amazing time at BørneFestibal in Copenhagen.
We were so excited to be part of this joyful celebration of creativity, curiosity, and play – all tailored for the little (but mighty!) minds💡
We’re excited to keep growing — together 🌱
#BørneFestival #BLOOMstudy
We were so excited to be part of this joyful celebration of creativity, curiosity, and play – all tailored for the little (but mighty!) minds💡
We’re excited to keep growing — together 🌱
#BørneFestival #BLOOMstudy
This week, CEDaR was at #ECO2025 at the 32nd Congress on Obesity in Malaga
✨ Nadia Micali presented work on the overlap of BMI and ED genomic risk
✨ CEDaR postdoc Elena Jansen shared her EProBES work on emotional and behavioural risk for obesity in population-based studies
✨ Nadia Micali presented work on the overlap of BMI and ED genomic risk
✨ CEDaR postdoc Elena Jansen shared her EProBES work on emotional and behavioural risk for obesity in population-based studies
May 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This week, CEDaR was at #ECO2025 at the 32nd Congress on Obesity in Malaga
✨ Nadia Micali presented work on the overlap of BMI and ED genomic risk
✨ CEDaR postdoc Elena Jansen shared her EProBES work on emotional and behavioural risk for obesity in population-based studies
✨ Nadia Micali presented work on the overlap of BMI and ED genomic risk
✨ CEDaR postdoc Elena Jansen shared her EProBES work on emotional and behavioural risk for obesity in population-based studies
❓How do eating disorders develop?
👇 Watch our* video below to find out.
💜 *Credit to CEDaR PhD student, Stefana Aicoboaie.
👇 Watch our* video below to find out.
💜 *Credit to CEDaR PhD student, Stefana Aicoboaie.
May 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
❓How do eating disorders develop?
👇 Watch our* video below to find out.
💜 *Credit to CEDaR PhD student, Stefana Aicoboaie.
👇 Watch our* video below to find out.
💜 *Credit to CEDaR PhD student, Stefana Aicoboaie.
🚀 NEW RESEARCH alert!
We are thrilled to share our latest publication in European Eating Disorders Review:
🧠 Neurobiology and Cognition in Girls at High-Risk of Eating Disorders: Exploring Imaging-Derived Trait Markers
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🚀 NEW RESEARCH alert!
We are thrilled to share our latest publication in European Eating Disorders Review:
🧠 Neurobiology and Cognition in Girls at High-Risk of Eating Disorders: Exploring Imaging-Derived Trait Markers
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Neurobiology and Cognition in Girls at High‐Risk of Eating Disorders: Exploring Imaging‐Derived Trait Markers
Background Eating disorders (EDs) are serious psychiatric disorders characterized by impairments in neurocognition and altered brain structure. To date the majority of studies have investigated thes...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚀 NEW RESEARCH alert!
We are thrilled to share our latest publication in European Eating Disorders Review:
🧠 Neurobiology and Cognition in Girls at High-Risk of Eating Disorders: Exploring Imaging-Derived Trait Markers
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🚀 NEW RESEARCH alert!
We are thrilled to share our latest publication in European Eating Disorders Review:
🧠 Neurobiology and Cognition in Girls at High-Risk of Eating Disorders: Exploring Imaging-Derived Trait Markers
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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CEDaR members enjoying some cake in the sun at our monthly coffee & cake gathering ☀️🍰
April 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
CEDaR members enjoying some cake in the sun at our monthly coffee & cake gathering ☀️🍰
🌟 CEDaR at the #LEDC2025
The CEDaR team was well represented at this year's London International Eating Disorders Conference.
Our researchers presented their latest findings through workshops, short paper presentations, and posters
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The CEDaR team was well represented at this year's London International Eating Disorders Conference.
Our researchers presented their latest findings through workshops, short paper presentations, and posters
👇
April 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🌟 CEDaR at the #LEDC2025
The CEDaR team was well represented at this year's London International Eating Disorders Conference.
Our researchers presented their latest findings through workshops, short paper presentations, and posters
👇
The CEDaR team was well represented at this year's London International Eating Disorders Conference.
Our researchers presented their latest findings through workshops, short paper presentations, and posters
👇
🎉🏆HUGE congratulations to CEDaR PhD student Dorthe Waage for receiving the 'Rachel Bryant-Waugh Award for Excellence in Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders' at #LEDC2025
March 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🎉🏆HUGE congratulations to CEDaR PhD student Dorthe Waage for receiving the 'Rachel Bryant-Waugh Award for Excellence in Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders' at #LEDC2025
Nadia Micali kicking off #LEDC2025 in London this morning!
A number of CEDaR members will be presenting at this conference over the next couple of days, so stay tuned for updates ✨️
A number of CEDaR members will be presenting at this conference over the next couple of days, so stay tuned for updates ✨️
March 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Nadia Micali kicking off #LEDC2025 in London this morning!
A number of CEDaR members will be presenting at this conference over the next couple of days, so stay tuned for updates ✨️
A number of CEDaR members will be presenting at this conference over the next couple of days, so stay tuned for updates ✨️
CEDaR's Professor Nadia Micali did a keynote at the Vienna Eating Disorders conference last week on how to optimise #treatment and address unmet treatment needs for more common #eatingdisorders ✨
March 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
CEDaR's Professor Nadia Micali did a keynote at the Vienna Eating Disorders conference last week on how to optimise #treatment and address unmet treatment needs for more common #eatingdisorders ✨
We have not one but TWO job openings - come and join us in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
We are looking for:
⭐ Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in longitudinal methods
⭐ Junior/Senior Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in psychiatric epidemiology
More info in the links below 🔗 👇
We are looking for:
⭐ Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in longitudinal methods
⭐ Junior/Senior Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in psychiatric epidemiology
More info in the links below 🔗 👇
March 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We have not one but TWO job openings - come and join us in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
We are looking for:
⭐ Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in longitudinal methods
⭐ Junior/Senior Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in psychiatric epidemiology
More info in the links below 🔗 👇
We are looking for:
⭐ Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in longitudinal methods
⭐ Junior/Senior Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in psychiatric epidemiology
More info in the links below 🔗 👇
CEDaR wishes our American colleagues & their friends best of luck for today.
We support Stand Up For Science – because science is for everyone #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
We support Stand Up For Science – because science is for everyone #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
March 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
CEDaR wishes our American colleagues & their friends best of luck for today.
We support Stand Up For Science – because science is for everyone #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
We support Stand Up For Science – because science is for everyone #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
Yesterday, CEDaR researchers Mathilde Klitgård and Linda Lloyd Hughes visited the SUND campus at the University of Copenhagen tending a recruitment stall.
Thank you for letting us visit and spreading information about our studies! 💜
Thank you for letting us visit and spreading information about our studies! 💜
March 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yesterday, CEDaR researchers Mathilde Klitgård and Linda Lloyd Hughes visited the SUND campus at the University of Copenhagen tending a recruitment stall.
Thank you for letting us visit and spreading information about our studies! 💜
Thank you for letting us visit and spreading information about our studies! 💜
Last week, we set up a recruitment stall at the IT University of Copenhagen to recruit participants for our projects Balance, ANEMONE and BLOOM 🧠
We spoke to lots of students who were very eager to support and contribute to our research!
We spoke to lots of students who were very eager to support and contribute to our research!
March 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Last week, we set up a recruitment stall at the IT University of Copenhagen to recruit participants for our projects Balance, ANEMONE and BLOOM 🧠
We spoke to lots of students who were very eager to support and contribute to our research!
We spoke to lots of students who were very eager to support and contribute to our research!
CEDaR members and colleagues from RegionH are attending the eprObes meeting in Brussels this week 🇧🇪
Today is #ObesityAwarenessDay, so they started the day with the European Workshop for Prevention of Obesity
📽️ Watch Dr Elena Jansen discuss feeding practices for children here: youtu.be/VN5e01LVqlo
Today is #ObesityAwarenessDay, so they started the day with the European Workshop for Prevention of Obesity
📽️ Watch Dr Elena Jansen discuss feeding practices for children here: youtu.be/VN5e01LVqlo
March 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
CEDaR members and colleagues from RegionH are attending the eprObes meeting in Brussels this week 🇧🇪
Today is #ObesityAwarenessDay, so they started the day with the European Workshop for Prevention of Obesity
📽️ Watch Dr Elena Jansen discuss feeding practices for children here: youtu.be/VN5e01LVqlo
Today is #ObesityAwarenessDay, so they started the day with the European Workshop for Prevention of Obesity
📽️ Watch Dr Elena Jansen discuss feeding practices for children here: youtu.be/VN5e01LVqlo
It's #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek 💜
We asked the CEDaR team what they most want people to know about eating disorders 👇
We asked the CEDaR team what they most want people to know about eating disorders 👇
February 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It's #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek 💜
We asked the CEDaR team what they most want people to know about eating disorders 👇
We asked the CEDaR team what they most want people to know about eating disorders 👇
It's Monday #MeetTheResearcher!
Meet Mathilde Klitgård 🧠
"Everyone's brain is different, so it's a unique experience every time"
Mathilde is a neuroscientist at CEDaR working on several neuroimaging studies. She studied neuroscience in the UK and was fascinated by the development of the brain 💜
Meet Mathilde Klitgård 🧠
"Everyone's brain is different, so it's a unique experience every time"
Mathilde is a neuroscientist at CEDaR working on several neuroimaging studies. She studied neuroscience in the UK and was fascinated by the development of the brain 💜
February 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It's Monday #MeetTheResearcher!
Meet Mathilde Klitgård 🧠
"Everyone's brain is different, so it's a unique experience every time"
Mathilde is a neuroscientist at CEDaR working on several neuroimaging studies. She studied neuroscience in the UK and was fascinated by the development of the brain 💜
Meet Mathilde Klitgård 🧠
"Everyone's brain is different, so it's a unique experience every time"
Mathilde is a neuroscientist at CEDaR working on several neuroimaging studies. She studied neuroscience in the UK and was fascinated by the development of the brain 💜
Reposted by Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research (CEDaR)
Of course, I didn't do this work on my own and many thanks to all the co-authors @helenadavies.bsky.social @mischalundberg.bsky.social @cedar-research.bsky.social and many others that haven't switched over to bluesky yet.
December 19, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Of course, I didn't do this work on my own and many thanks to all the co-authors @helenadavies.bsky.social @mischalundberg.bsky.social @cedar-research.bsky.social and many others that haven't switched over to bluesky yet.
Reposted by Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Research (CEDaR)
Outreach in psychiatric genetics - What is it? Why do we need it? How can we do it well?
Join me, Niamh Ryan, and Cindy Bulik this Friday (6th) at 10am EST / 4pm CET / 3pm UTC where we'll discuss all of this for the PGC (@pgcgenetics.bsky.social) World Wide Lab 🌎
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/88690327502
Join me, Niamh Ryan, and Cindy Bulik this Friday (6th) at 10am EST / 4pm CET / 3pm UTC where we'll discuss all of this for the PGC (@pgcgenetics.bsky.social) World Wide Lab 🌎
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/88690327502
December 4, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Outreach in psychiatric genetics - What is it? Why do we need it? How can we do it well?
Join me, Niamh Ryan, and Cindy Bulik this Friday (6th) at 10am EST / 4pm CET / 3pm UTC where we'll discuss all of this for the PGC (@pgcgenetics.bsky.social) World Wide Lab 🌎
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/88690327502
Join me, Niamh Ryan, and Cindy Bulik this Friday (6th) at 10am EST / 4pm CET / 3pm UTC where we'll discuss all of this for the PGC (@pgcgenetics.bsky.social) World Wide Lab 🌎
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/88690327502