She was one of the first scientists to conduct a large scale study of populations in communities to glean information about the prevalence and characteristics of eating disorders.
[3] In 1998, she was the recipient of a $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study the risk factors in women that lead to binge-eating disorders.
[4] While embracing her role as a professor of psychology, Striegel Weissman published Breakfast Consumption by African-American and White Adolescent Girls Correlates Positively with Calcium and Fiber Intake and Negatively with Body Mass Index in the 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
"[7] Through her tenure at Wesleyan, Striegel Weissman has also focused on expanding the research of eating disorders beyond women and teenaged girls.
[8] Later that year, she co-authored Developing an Evidence-Based Classification of Eating Disorders: Scientific Findings for DSM 5, which was published by the American Psychiatric Association Press.