{"id":15,"date":"2020-03-01T04:35:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T17:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brandzu.com.au\/seed\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:21:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3008\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/files\/2025\/11\/cropped-EDGI-Kaupapa-oha-kohuki-kai-1-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/files\/2025\/11\/cropped-EDGI-Kaupapa-oha-kohuki-kai-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/files\/2025\/11\/cropped-EDGI-Kaupapa-oha-kohuki-kai-1.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\r\n<h2><strong>Recruitment for EDGI-NZ is currently paused.<br \/><br \/><\/strong><strong>If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"mailto:edgi@otago.ac.nz\">edgi@otago.ac.nz<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<h1>\u00a0<\/h1>\r\n<h1>Welcome &#8211; Nau mai, Haere mai<\/h1>\r\n<h3>Welcome to our EDGI-NZ website. <br \/>We are pleased to introduce you to our information, our team, and the research we are working on.<\/h3>\r\n<p>The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) is the world&#8217;s largest genetic investigation into eating disorders ever performed. EDGI-NZ (the local arm of EDGI) aims to identify hundreds of genes that influence a person&#8217;s risk of developing anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, &amp; ARFID, in order to improve treatments, &amp;, ultimately save lives.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Our work has already been supported by more than 3,500 people in Aotearoa.<\/h4>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2899\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/files\/2025\/11\/DNA-testing-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/files\/2025\/11\/DNA-testing-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/files\/2025\/11\/DNA-testing-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/files\/2025\/11\/DNA-testing-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/files\/2025\/11\/DNA-testing-2.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h3>To learn more about EDGI and the most frequently asked questions regarding the study, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/about\/\">About EDGI<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/faqs\/\">FAQ<\/a> page.<\/h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":27392,"featured_media":2614,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}