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New Study Sheds Light on Role of Genetics in Recovering from Eating Disorders
July 26, 2011 — A substantial number of people with eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa have a chronic course. They are severely underweight and have a high likelihood of dying from malnutrition. No treatment ... > full story -
Addiction
Diet and Weight Loss
Nutrition Research
Mental Health Research
Nutrition
Dieting and Weight Control
Evidence for 'Food Addiction' in Humans
July 12, 2011 — New research suggests that people can become dependent on highly palatable foods and engage in a compulsive pattern of consumption, similar to the behaviors we observe in drug addicts and those with ... > full story -
Eating Disorders Impact Brain Function, New Brain Research Suggests
July 11, 2011 — Bulimia nervosa is a severe eating disorder associated with episodic binge eating followed by extreme behaviors to avoid weight gain such as self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives or excessive ... > full story -
Patients With Eating Disorders Have an Elevated Rate of Death
July 4, 2011 — Individuals who have eating disorders have an elevated mortality rate, especially those with anorexia nervosa, according to a meta-analysis of previous ... > full story -
Mental Health Research
Mental Health
Eating Disorders
Depression
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Eating Disorder Research
Pregnancy-Related Depression Linked to Eating Disorders and Abuse Histories
June 16, 2011 — Having a history of eating disorders or abuse may increase a woman's risk for developing depression during and after pregnancy, according to new research. The finding could influence how doctors ... > full story -
Diet and Weight Loss
Children's Health
Child Development
Dieting and Weight Control
Child Psychology
Obesity
Children as Young as Ten Vomit to Lose Weight, With Highest Rates in Boys
June 16, 2011 — Children as young as ten are making themselves vomit in order to lose weight and the problem is more common in boys than girls. 13% of the 8,673 girls and 7,043 boys who took part in the research ... > full story -
High Amounts of the Hormone Leptin Are Linked to Decreased Depression
June 6, 2011 — Women who have higher levels of the appetite-controlling hormone leptin have fewer symptoms of depression, and this apparent inverse relationship is not related to body mass index (BMI), a new study ... > full story -
Anorexic Girls Have Increased Bone Density After Physiological Estrogen Treatment, Study Finds
June 4, 2011 — Estrogen therapy improves low bone density due to anorexia nervosa in teenage girls with the disease when given as a patch or as a low oral dose that is physiological (close to the form or amount of ... > full story -
People With Body-Image Disorders Process 'Big Picture' Visual Information Abnormally
May 26, 2011 — People suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD -- a severe mental illness characterized by debilitating misperceptions that they appear disfigured and ugly -- process visual information ... > full story -
Eating Disorder Research
Eating Disorders
Diet and Weight Loss
Dieting and Weight Control
Obesity
Nutrition Research
Does Eating Give You Pleasure, or Make You Anxious?
May 20, 2011 — While most people have a great deal of difficulty in dieting and losing weight, particularly if a diet extends over many months or years, individuals with anorexia nervosa can literally diet ... > full story
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