False Reflection: MU professor studies how, why eating disorders consume females in the U.S.

Anna Bardone-Cone, who runs the Eating Behaviors and Body Image Lab at MU, talks with Lauren Schaefer, left, a research assistant, Jennifer Aubrey, right, Assistant Professor of Communications, and students. The group met to discuss potential ways they will be categorizing data of people's reactions to pro-anorexia Web sites for her research project.   ¦  Alicia Schamburg

A childhood memory of a personal weight loss resolution  sparked MU professor Anna Bardone-Cone's interest in studying the causes and effects of eating disorders.

Bardone-Cone, director of the Eating Behaviors and Body Image Lab at MU, researches areas including pro-anorexia Web sites, disordered eating and body image.

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