Obesity researcher Dr. Albert J. Stunkard, who made significant strides in raising awareness about eating disorders while also engaging in efforts to shed society’s negative notions about overweight individuals, has died of pneumonia at the age of 92 (1). He was the first person to actually classify “binge eating” as a medical disorder at a … Continue reading Dr. Albert J. Stunkard, obesity pioneer who also fought the overweight social stigma, dies at 92