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  "abstract": "The US federal government has enacted sweeping policy changes since January 2025 that imperil public health, with important implications for the eating disorders field—a field that is already disproportionately under‐resourced. This paper examines the pathways through which these recent policy changes threaten progress in eating disorder research, treatment, and prevention, and calls for a coordinated response. We identify three interconnected areas of concern: (1) the threats to the scientific enterprise, including terminated eating disorder grants, the purging of public health data, and disruptions to the research training pipeline; (2) the erosion of healthcare access, including bans on gender‐affirming care and slashed funding for government programs such as Medicaid; and (3) the dismantling of structural protections and equity infrastructure, including reducing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program budget and the systematic dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. These domestic crises are further compounded by global consequences resulting from the US retreat from international research and health investments, with direct implications for eating disorder science and care worldwide. We call on the eating disorders field to respond with coordinated advocacy, cross‐national collaboration, and sustained commitment to protecting the infrastructures on which equitable progress depends.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Boston Children's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA",
    "Department of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA",
    "Department of Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston Massachusetts USA",
    "Department of Psychology The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA",
    "Department of Psychology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia USA",
    "Department of Nutritional Sciences University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada"
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      "name": "Amanda Raffoul",
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  "doi": "10.1002/eat.70159",
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  "pmcid": "PMC13726447",
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  "published": "2026-07-02",
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  "title": "Threats to Public Health and Scientific Infrastructures Threaten Progress in Eating Disorder Research, Treatment, and Prevention: A Call to Action for the Field",
  "title_text": "Threats to Public Health and Scientific Infrastructures Threaten Progress in Eating Disorder Research, Treatment, and Prevention: A Call to Action for the Field",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-06T12:22:25Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/6rkhkcdgeetfz",
  "venue": "The International Journal of Eating Disorders",
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