The Maudsley technique, named after the hospital in London where it was developed in the 1980s, successfully prevented hospitalization and helped adolescents recover their normal weights, with at least 75 percent of patients maintaining their recovery after five years (Credit: Ana Schaeffer)

CORNELL (US)—
A therapeutic approach that encourages parents to feed high-calorie meals like milkshakes and macaroni and cheese to their anorexic teens is getting a closer look as part of an National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded treatment study at six sites nationwide.

For the first time, the Maudsley Approach is being compared with a more established treatment known as Family Systems Therapy. Previous research has shown the Maudsley technique, named after the hospital in London where it was developed in the 1980s, successfully prevented hospitalization and helped adolescents recover their normal weights, with at least 75 percent of patients maintaining their recovery after five years.

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