The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative - Prof. Gerome Breen

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Today on the MyoMinds Podcast, I speak with Professor Gerome Breen who is the Principal Investigator for EDGI (Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative).

In this episode Gerome and I discuss topics such as:

How genetics can influence the likelihood of developing an EDHow EDGI's genetic research hopes to progressProf. Breen' aspirations for the implementation of this researchHow YOU can be involved in EDGI's researchProf. Breen's opinion on the recent UK government scheme hoping to track the diet and exercise behaviours of the UK population

Todays' Devils Advocate question: "Isn't it more important we focus on research about care? Who cares about genes?"

To sign up to EDGI's research you can click the link here: https://edgiuk.org/

You can also take a look at some of the papers we mentioned during the podcast below:

Genetics of eating disorders in the genome-wide eraGenome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa