Keyword: Body Mass Index

The Psychology of Thinness with Roberta Maria July 5, 2006

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Acchi

Thinness is socially prized but psychologically understudied. Armand DiMele and nutritionist Roberta Maria dig into the BMI research linking low body weight to higher suicide risk and lower serotonin, then argue that extreme thinness is a ‘being disorder’ as much as an eating disorder, one that rarely gets the clinical attention it deserves.