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Lower Body Weight In Childhood Could Indicate Eating Disorder Problem Later On

Lower Body Weight In Childhood Could Indicate Eating Disorder Problem Later On

Persistent low body weight in young kids could increase the risk of anorexia nervosa later on, finds a new study. The results of this study are published in the journal of American Academy ...

Bullying, Sexual Abuse may Trigger Binge Eating

Bullying, Sexual Abuse may Trigger Binge Eating

People who suffered bullying or sexual abuse were found to have reduced quality of life and more likely to display harmful behaviours like smoking dependence and binge eating, revealed new s...

Eating Disorders Among Young Children

Eating Disorders Among Young Children

Among U.S. children ages 9 to 10, the frequency of eating disorder diagnoses was low, revealed data. The authors suggest sex differences in eating disorders may not emerge until later ...

Reward System in the Brain may Cause Anorexia Nervosa

Reward System in the Brain may Cause Anorexia Nervosa

The brain’s response to taste is the same mechanism that causes high anxiety and a drive for thinness, and can lead to anorexia nervosa, a new study at University of Colorado Anschutz Medica...

New Promising Target to Treat Binge Eating Identified

New Promising Target to Treat Binge Eating Identified

Brain area associated with binge eating is identified. A small group of brain cells in the hypothalamus could be a potential target for medications for controlling binge eating episodes in i...

Prevalence of Eating Disorders in the US Studied

Prevalence of Eating Disorders in the US Studied

A new research published in Biological Psychiatry has revealed updated estimates of the lifetime and 12-month prevalence of eating disorders. The new estimates were based on a nationally-rep...

Binge Eating Reveals Obesity Clues: Animal Study

Binge Eating Reveals Obesity Clues: Animal Study

Mice fed on a high fat or chocolate-based diet showed abnormal feeding behaviours such as snacking, bingeing and disrupted eating patterns, stated new research from CRG and UPF scientists. ...

Effects of Binge Eating in Parkinson's Patients

Effects of Binge Eating in Parkinson's Patients

Binge eating in Parkinson’s patients was associated with cognitive abnormalities such as a working memory deficit, reveals a new study. Binge Eating , as if the impulse of the mome...

Common Eating Disorders Go Underdiagnosed in Men

Common Eating Disorders Go Underdiagnosed in Men

Men are almost five times more likely to remain underdiagnosed than females on eating disorders which inturn delays their treatment options, according to new study. Eating disorders, w...

Hormone Therapy can Treat Eating Disorder in Transgenders'

Hormone Therapy can Treat Eating Disorder in Transgenders'

Receiving cross-sex hormone therapy (CHT) can help to reduce the feelings of body dissatisfaction associated with eating disorders such as anorexia and binge-eating among transgenders, finds...

Impact of Binge Eating on Weight Loss

Impact of Binge Eating on Weight Loss

Obese or overweight individuals who stop binge eating or had a reduced tendency to do so lost more weight than those individuals who continued to binge eat, reveals a new study. How doe...

Eating Disorder Affects Health Even After 10 Years

Eating Disorder Affects Health Even After 10 Years

Disordered eating among young adults has long-term effects on their health. Disordered eating among 24-year-old women and men was an indicator of higher body weight, larger waist circumfe...

New, Ultra-rare Gene Mutations Implicated in Eating Disorders

New, Ultra-rare Gene Mutations Implicated in Eating Disorders

By combining whole exome sequencing, machine learning, and network analysis, researchers have identified new, ultra-rare gene mutations within specific biological pathways that may contribut...

Women With Eating Disorders Likely to be Charged With Theft and Other Crimes

Women With Eating Disorders Likely to be Charged With Theft and Other Crimes

Eating disorders describe illnesses that are characterized by irregular eating habits and severe distress or concern about body weight or shape. Females with eating disorders are more likely...

How Can A Person With Bulimia Nervosa Munch On Food Even When Not Hungry?

How Can A Person With Bulimia Nervosa Munch On Food Even When Not Hungry?

Metabolic (hunger) and hedonic (reward) brain mechanisms both contribute to the regulation of eating. The brain responds differently to food rewards in individuals with a history of bulimia ...

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All You Need to Know about Eating Disorders

Eating disorders involve extreme attitudes and behaviors towards food and weight. It has the highest suicidal mortality rate than other mental illnesses.

Diabulimia

Diabulimia is an eating disorder particularly in patients with type I diabetes caused by reducing and/or skipping insulin doses.

Overeating Equals To Overcheating

Stuffing your tummy with unwanted extra calories can have a negative impact on the body. Overeating means frequent intake of food even when not hungry.

Mortality Risk High In Individuals With Eating Disorders

Individuals with anorexia nervosa had a five times higher mortality rate than their same age peers. Those with AN died of natural causes closely related to the eating disorder.

Eating Disorders Bring on Oxidative Stress and Cholesterol Complications

Indian scientists find that oxidative stress and abnormal cholesterol levels are common factors in individuals with eating disorders.

Highly Processed Foods Linked To Addictive Behaviors And Eating Disorders

Chocolate topped the list of foods that are most addictive, followed by ice cream, French fries, pizza and cookies that have have higher levels of glycemic load and fat.

Children Who Bully are More Likely To Have Eating Disorders

Children who bullied others were twice as likely to display symptoms of bulimia, such as bingeing and purging, when compared to children who are not involved in bullying.

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