Eating Disorders Articles

Anticipated Fullness Is Crucial to Calorie Intake

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Experts have challenged two basic assumptions behind food choices and the causes of obesity. Drs. Jeff Brunstrom and Peter Rogers of the University of Bristol, UK, investigated the theory that we eat larger amounts of tasty ...

Purge: Rehab Diaries

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
In our society, eating disorders are mostly misunderstood and glamorized. We’re told that everyone with an eating disorder is skin and bones. That just by looking at someone we can easily spot the starvation, the ...

Q & A with Eating Disorder Specialist Sari Fine Shepphird: Part 1

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Sari Fine Shepphird, Ph.D, a Los Angeles clinical psychologist and eating disorder specialist, is the author of 100 Questions & Answers about Anorexia Nervosa. Psych Central contributor Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., spoke with her about ...

Demystifying Treatment for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Monday, May 4th, 2009
Some dismiss body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) as vanity; others believe it’s a rare and extreme condition. Though many misconceptions continue to circulate, BDD is a real, fairly common body image disorder. It affects men and ...

Are We Slaves to Hedonic Hunger?

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Psychologists looking for new ways to describe and explain eating behavior have come up with a novel phrase, "hedonic hunger." Dr. Michael R. Lowe and colleagues at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., describe the phenomenon as ...

Eating Too Quickly May Encourage Weight Gain

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Researchers studying food behavior have discovered that eating too quickly may be an important contributor to becoming overweight. Eating quickly previously has been linked to a higher body mass index, according to Prof. Hiroyasu ...

Overeating: It’s All In Your Head

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
The following is an excerpt from the book Three Minute Therapy and focuses on the topic of overeating and how cognitive-behavioral techniques can be used to help a person overcome this concern. They say that inside ...

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: When the Reflection Is Revolting

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Fifteen-year-old Joel wakes up two hours before school to begin cleaning his face and covering up his bad skin. Many days this means he’s either late to school or doesn’t show up at all. He ...

Suicide Junkie

Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Approximately one million people commit suicide every year, according to the World Health Organization. Despite his best efforts, Steve Westwood is not one of them. “Suicide Junkie," Westwood's autobiography, details his long-term struggles with body ...

Restrained Eaters May ‘Let Go’ During Pregnancy

Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Women who usually are restrained eaters tend to gain more weight than other women when they're pregnant, say researchers. Excess weight gain may be linked to child obesity, so a team from the University of ...

The Psychology of Diets

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Evidence suggests that our dietary habits and the decisions we make about what we eat are acquired over several years, but what psychological processes underpin this kind of learning? And why do preferences vary across ...

Excess Carbs May Alter Appetite Regulation

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
The ability to regulate appetite may decline with age if we overdo the carbohydrates, a recent study suggests. A team led by Dr. Zane Andrews of Monash University in Victoria, Australia, says that appetite-suppressing cells ...

The Anorexia Workbook

Friday, September 26th, 2008
The Anorexia Workbook: How to Accept Yourself, Heal Your Suffering, and Reclaim Your Life Despite ever-widening media attention and public awareness of the problem, American women continue to suffer from anorexia nervosa in greater numbers than ...

Perfect: Anorexia & Me

Friday, September 26th, 2008
Emily Halban developed anorexia in her final year of high school. She went on to college at an Ivy League school where her disease took on a powerful dimension. By her final year she was ...

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Friday, September 26th, 2008
In this classic from Marya Hornbacher, she tells the story of dealing with her anorexia and bulimia over a course of many years, including the multiple hospitalizations, endless therapy, and the loss of family. By ...

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