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Phillipa Hay

Researcher at University of Sydney

Publications -  485
Citations -  17948

Phillipa Hay is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eating disorders & Bulimia nervosa. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 404 publications receiving 14398 citations. Previous affiliations of Phillipa Hay include Campbelltown Hospital & Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

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Validity of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in screening for eating disorders in community samples

TL;DR: The EDE-Q has good concurrent validity and acceptable criterion validity, and the measure appears well-suited to use in prospective epidemiological studies.
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Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q): Norms for young adult women

TL;DR: Both attitudinal and behavioural features of eating disorder psychopathology tended to decrease with increasing age, and these data will inform researchers intending to use the EDE-Q in epidemiological studies.
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A review of the association between obesity and cognitive function across the lifespan : implications for novel approaches to prevention and treatment

TL;DR: It is suggested that weight gain results, at least in part, from a neurological predisposition characterized by reduced executive function, and in turn obesity itself has a compounding negative impact on the brain via mechanisms currently attributed to low‐grade systemic inflammation, elevated lipids and/or insulin resistance.
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Risk Factors for Binge Eating Disorder: A Community-Based, Case-Control Study

TL;DR: Binge eating disorder appears to be associated with exposure to risk factors for psychiatric disorder and for obesity, and pre-morbid perfectionism, negative self-evaluation, and vulnerability to obesity appear especially to characterize those in whom bulimia nervosa subsequently develops.
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Anorexia nervosa: aetiology, assessment, and treatment

TL;DR: To successfully fight this enigmatic illness, understanding of the underlying biological and psychosocial mechanisms has to be enhanced, strategies for prevention and early intervention improved, and treatments targeted through improved understanding of specific disease mechanisms targeted.