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Rebecca Avitia named outstanding alumna
Avitia, ‘03, chosen by selection committee as 12th Outstanding Young Alumna.
Women’s soccer advances to third round action
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Three professors on a desert island
In this month’s faculty roundtable, Trinity professors pick their films of choice when stranded on a desert island.
Tigers win shutouts over UT-Tyler and Redlands in NCAA Championship.
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Pamela Keel presents findings on emerging purging disorder to neuroscience students Keel presents Trinity students with evidence of new Purging Disorder
average person and purge; most often by self-induced vomiting. People with bulimia nervosa binge-eat by consuming high quantities of food, almost double the average amount of a normal meal, and then purge. Carolyn Becker, professor of psychology and the presidentelect of the Academy of Eating Disorders, brought Keel to Trinity for the neuroscience lecture. “She is the world’s leading expert in purging disorder, and really good at understanding eating disorder phenomenons from multiple perspectives, which I thought would be great for the neuroscience lecture,” Becker said. “She has a strong background in understanding eating disorders from a biological perspective, but also weaves that in with psychological and behavioral data. She also has a sociocultural perspective.” All those in attendance received extra credit for their neuroscience class. Among them was sophomore Ashley Ogilvie, who attended the lecture for her neuroscience class.
by Tyler Boelts
NEWS REPORTER
Trinity neuroscience majors gathered together in the Center for the Sciences and Innovation on Nov. 14, 2014, to listen to Pamela Keel of Florida State University speak about the neurobiological evidence of a newly classified eating disorder. Dr. Pamela Keel came to talk about the neurobiological evidence for an apparently new eating disorder. The disorder is called purging disorder, PD, is defined by Keel as “an eating disorder characterized by recurrent purging and most often, self-induced vomiting to influence weight and shape after eating normal or small amounts of food in individuals who are not underweight.” This disorder differs from bulimia nervosa in the sense that individuals with P.D. eat the same amount of food as an
Keel shows students evidence detailing a new eating disorder called purging disorder, characterized by induced purging and vomiting after eating normal amounts of food in individuals who are not underweight. photos by Jordan Leeper
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