Researchers have discovered that self-compassion can protect girls and young women from unhealthy weight-control practices and eating disorders.
Date Posted: October 1, 2014
Categories: Eating Disorders
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Discrimination against overweight or obese people, commonly known as "fat shaming," does not help them lose weight and may do more harm than good, according to research from London. Being harassed or treated with disrespect, receiving poor service ...
Sep 29
Categories: Eating Disorders
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For a long time, people blamed families for causing anorexia and thought they should be left out of treatment. However, a new study suggests that when you involve them, families can be useful, and that more focused family treatment works faster and ...
Sep 25
Categories: Eating Disorders
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We have long known the simplest recipe for weight loss: eat less and exercise more. Yet despite our understanding of the causes of weight fluctuation and the serious health risks associated with obesity, our collective weight continues to rise.
May 7
Categories: Eating Disorders
GOSingapore -- More teenagers, some as young as 13, are being treated at Singapore's public hospitals for eating disorders. Figures from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) show that 95 youngsters aged 13 to 19 suffered from anorexia or bulimia last ...
Nov 9
Categories: Eating Disorders
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A large-scale study has now shown that adult women with anorexia whose disorder is not too severe can be treated successfully on an out-patient basis. Even after conclusion of therapy, they continue to make significant weight gains. Two new ...
Oct 23
Categories: Eating Disorders
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Sixty years ago scientists could electrically stimulate a region of a mouse’s brain causing the mouse to eat, whether hungry or not. Now researchers from UNC School of Medicine have pinpointed the precise cellular connections responsible for ...
Sep 27
Categories: Eating Disorders
GO KUALA LUMPUR: While it is normal to want to maintain an ideal weight to remain healthy and attractive, it is, however, abnormal to obsess over it until one resorts to unhealthy methods.
Malaysian Mental Health Association deputy president ...
Aug 23
Categories: Eating Disorders
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A visual projection of human heartbeats can be used to generate an “out-of-body experience,” according to new research to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The findings could inform ...
Aug 15
Categories: Eating Disorders
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Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that exposure to stress in the first few days of ...
Jul 31
Categories: Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Stress Management
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If you are trying to lose weight or save for the future, new research suggests avoiding temptation may increase your chances of success compared to relying on willpower alone. The study on self-control by researchers from the Universities of ...
Jul 25
Categories: Eating Disorders
GOBryan Piperno was just 9 years old when he began keeping his secret. The Simi Valley youngster tossed out lunches or claimed he ate elsewhere. As he grew older, he started purging after eating. Even after his vomiting landed him in the emergency ...
Jun 22
Categories: Eating Disorders
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Female rats are much more likely to binge eat than male rats, according to new research that provides some of the strongest evidence yet that biology plays a role in eating disorders.
The study, by Michigan State University scientists, is the first ...
May 2
Categories: Eating Disorders, Inattention, Impulsivity, & Hyperactivity (ADHD)
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