Is it what you’re eating… or what’s eating you? Recent research shows that lack of family support following psychological trauma in childhood can contribute to life-long eating disorders. It’s fascinating to think that physical malnourishment may reflect a lack of emotional nourishment in a traumatic childhood. Jerica Berge, PhD and colleagues from the University of Minnesota just published a paper this month in Journal of Clinical Nursing demonstrating that too little support during times of abuse, death of a family member and hospitalization can all prove to be powerful triggers for eating disorders. But it’s not always the most obvious…