b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\nWilliam Stewart Agras\n_START_SECTION_\nBiografie\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\n\xc3\x8en 1955 este absolvent al facult\xc4\x83\xc8\x9bii de medicin\xc4\x83 Middlesex Hospital Medical School din cadrul Universit\xc4\x83\xc8\x9bii din Londra.  \xc3\x8entre 1960 \xc8\x99i 1961, este rezident la psihiatrie la McGill University, Montreal._NEWLINE_\xc3\x8en perioada 1961 - 1969, este profesor la University of Vermont College of Medicine. \xc3\x8en 1969 preia catedra departamentului de Psihiatrie de la University of Mississippi Medical Center._NEWLINE_\xc3\x8en perioada 1969 - 1973, de\xc8\x9bine catedra Departamentului de Psihiatrie \xc3\xaen cadrul Universit\xc4\x83\xc8\x9bii Stanford, iar din 1973 p\xc3\xa2n\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen prezent este profesor de psihiatrie \xc3\xaen cadrul presigioasei universit\xc4\x83\xc8\x9bi._NEWLINE_Agras este colaborator \xc8\x99i la publica\xc8\x9biile: International Journal of Eating Disorders, Behavior Therapy', Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.\n_START_SECTION_\nActivitate\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nPrincipala tem\xc4\x83 a cercet\xc4\x83rilor sale const\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen \xc3\xaen\xc8\x9belegerea bazelor psihice ale alimenta\xc8\x9biei. Printre tulbur\xc4\x83rile de comportament alimentar interesate, putem men\xc8\x9biona: obezitatea, anorexia nervoas\xc4\x83, bulimia nervoas\xc4\x83."