The Journal publishes basic research clinical and theoretical articles of scholarly substance on a variety of aspects of anorexia nervosa bulimia obesity and other atypical patterns of eating behavior and body weight regulation in clinical and normal populations. Full-length articles or brief reports addressing psychological biological psychodynamic socio-cultural epidemiologic or therapeutic correlates of these clinical phenomena are welcome. Manuscripts submitted should represent a significant addition to our knowledge or a significant review and synthesis of existing literature.