E Coli
University of Pisa
22 Papers
130 Citations
E Coli is an academic researcher from University of Pisa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bulimia nervosa & Eating disorders. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 16 publications.
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Papers
Orthorexia nervosa in the general population: A preliminary screening using a self-administered questionnaire (ORTO-15)
Carla Emilia Ramacciotti,P Perrone,E Coli,A Burgalassi,Ciro Conversano,Gabriele Massimetti,Liliana Dell'Osso +6 more
TL;DR: The results of this study highlight the diffusion of Orthorexia which may constitute an important risk factor for mental and physical health, but also the opportunity of more specific diagnostic instruments, so to facilitate a thorough understanding of this disorder.
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Characteristics of eating disorder patients without a drive for thinness
Carla Emilia Ramacciotti,Liliana Dell'Osso,Riccardo A. Paoli,Antonio Ciapparelli,E Coli,Allan S. Kaplan,Paul E Garfinkel +6 more
TL;DR: Investigation of two samples of patients affected by anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa with and without the diagnostic feature of drive for thinness (DT) found that the characterization of patients as typical and atypical may be clinically useful.
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Binge eating disorder: prevalence and psychopathological features in a clinical sample of obese people in Italy.
TL;DR: The key role of self-esteem depending upon weight and shape in discriminating the eating-disordered obese from non-eating- Disordered individuals is discussed and the need to explore the whole lifespan when screening for BED is explored, so pointing to the state-trait issue.
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Shared psychopathology in obese subjects with and without binge-eating disorder.
Carla Emilia Ramacciotti,E Coli,Emi Bondi,A Burgalassi,Gabriele Massimetti,Liliana Dell'Osso +5 more
TL;DR: The results of this study highlight the role of cognitive mechanisms such as dichotomous reasoning and weight-shape concerns unduly influencing self-esteem as a hallmark of BED in obese patients, and the importance of investigating eating disorder psychopathology by adopting a dimensional perspective, rather than strictly focusing on categories when dealing with obese patients.
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Caffeine consumption among eating disorder patients: epidemiology, motivations, and potential of abuse.
A Burgalassi,Carla Emilia Ramacciotti,Maria Cristina Bianchi,E Coli,L Polese,E Bondi,Gabriele Massimetti,Liliana Dell'Osso +7 more
TL;DR: Data from the present study are in agreement with previous evidence in literature that a high percentage of ED patients ordinarily use caffeine with an average intake similar to that of the general population, however with a kind of binge attitude.
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