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EMPOWER Lab

The mission of the EMPOWER Lab is to understand why kids eat the way they eat and to address disordered eating in a culturally responsive and effective way. We are interested in how social factors influence eating behaviors.

We believe the environment in which a child lives plays a central role in shaping the food that they eat, and we know that online environments are just as important as in-person ones. In the EMPOWER Lab, we know that eating disorders affect people of all colors, shapes, and sizes. Our goal is to revolutionize who is included in eating disorder research by conducting inclusive and innovative science.

55% of papers published in the leading eating disorders journal over the past 20 years did not report race and ethnicity

(source: Egbert, A. H., Hunt, R. A., Williams, K. L., Burke, N. L., & Mathis, K. J. (2022). Reporting racial and ethnic diversity in eating disorder research over the past 20 years. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55(4), 455-462.)

EMPOWER Lab

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55% of papers published in the leading eating disorders journal over the past 20 years did not report race and ethnicity

(source: Egbert, A. H., Hunt, R. A., Williams, K. L., Burke, N. L., & Mathis, K. J. (2022). Reporting racial and ethnic diversity in eating disorder research over the past 20 years. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55(4), 455-462.)

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EMPOWER Lab

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55% of papers published in the leading eating disorders journal over the past 20 years did not report race and ethnicity

(source: Egbert, A. H., Hunt, R. A., Williams, K. L., Burke, N. L., & Mathis, K. J. (2022). Reporting racial and ethnic diversity in eating disorder research over the past 20 years. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55(4), 455-462.)

At least 25% of youth living in larger bodies report that they have experienced binge eating disorder symptoms

(source: He, J., Cai, Z., & Fan, X. (2017). Prevalence of binge and loss of control eating among children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: An exploratory meta‐analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(2), 91-103.)

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