Jennifer Thomas, PhD is the Co-Director of the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Thomas’s research and clinical work focus on avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder,. She has published >200 scientific articles and five books, most notablyCognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Children, Adolescents, and Adults; andThe Picky Eater’s Recovery Book: Overcoming Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.
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Jennifer Thomas, PhD discusses recent research on ARFID, revealing distinct risk factors and neurobiological drivers that demand tailored clinical approaches. -
ARFID often persists over time. New research finds nearly half of youth continued to meet criteria two years later, with outcomes shaped by symptom profile. -
In these videos, experts Jennifer Thomas, PhD and Kamryn Eddy, PhD review the clinical features and treatment of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and […]
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Among girls and women with anorexia nervosa, higher blood levels of the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin were associated with longitudinal weight gain. -
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder or ARFID is associated with elevated levels of the satiety-promoting hormone CCK.