Current Issue: Nov./Dec. • Vol. 35 / No. 6

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Mary K. Stein

Managing Editor

From Across the Desk:

One of our longest-serving Board members, Cheryl Rock, PhD, RD, is resigning after 34 years on the Eating Disorders Review Editorial Advisory Board. Active as a nutritional scientist for over two decades, Dr. Rock joined the University of California San Diego faculty in 1996 and currently heads the Nutrition Shared Resource in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control of the University of California San Diego Comprehensive Cancer Center. Some of her many research projects have included nutrition in disease prevention, particularly in cancer and cardiovascular disease. Her special research has included breast cancer survivors and weight and glucose levels. She is currently a co-investigator on a Specialized Cancer Center Support Grant. We will greatly miss Cheryl’s many contributions to our newsletter and wish her well!

—MKS

Del Otro Lado del Escritorio:

Uno de los miembros más antiguos de nuestro Consejo, Cheryl Rock PhD, RD, se retira después de 34 años en el Consejo Asesor Editorial del Eating Disorders Review. Activa como científica nutricional durante más de dos décadas, la Dra. Rock se incorporó al cuerpo docente de la University of California San Diego en 1996 y actualmente dirige el Nutrition Shared Resource de la Division of Cancer Prevention and Control del Comprehensive Cancer Center de la University of California San Diego. Algunos de sus numerosos proyectos de investigación han incluido la nutrición en la prevención de enfermedades, especialmente en el cáncer y las enfermedades cardiovasculares. Sus investigaciones especiales han incluido a las supervivientes de cáncer de mama y los niveles de peso y glucosa. Actualmente es coinvestigadora en Centros Oncológicos Especializados. Extrañaremos las muchas contribuciones de Cheryl a nuestro newsletter y le deseamos lo mejor.

—MKS

Mothers’ Concerns About Transferring An Eating Disorder

The children of mothers with eating disorders are at increased risk of having an eating disorder, according to numerous studies. What happens when a mother with an eating disorder must deal with having one or more children she fears may develop an eating disorder?

Eating Disorders Among

Military Women

All our military branches have physical fitness and body composition requirements for men and women. Recently the Department of Defense completely overhauled the requirements for physical fitness and body composition for men and women. By increasing maximums for body composition, all branches of the military can now allow service members to gain muscle mass to meet physical fitness requirements.