Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating: Socio-Cultural and Familial Perspectives

Associate Professor Yael Latzer, DSc, Associate Professor Daniel Stein, MD and Professor Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Director, Institute for the Treatment and Study of Eating Disorders, Division of Psychiatry, Rambam, Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. affiliated with the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Siences, Haifa University, Israel. Email:[email protected] Director, Pediatric Psychosomatic Department, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. E-mail: [email protected] Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Medical Director, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel and Professor of Pediatrics, Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States of America. E-mail: [email protected] Editorial