Eating Disorders Articles

Brain Scans Clarify Borderline Personality Disorder

Friday, September 4th, 2009
Using real-time brain imaging, a team of researchers have discovered that patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are physically unable to ...

Money Habits Linked to Behavioral Patterns

Friday, September 4th, 2009
In a new study, researchers suggest money savings or financial behaviors are linked to a set of other personal behaviors, rather ...

Eating Disorders Tied to Stress

Friday, September 4th, 2009
The largest provider of mental health services in Europe has recently issued a statement linking stress to a rise in eating disorders in ...

Pre-Teens Concerned with Body Image

Monday, August 31st, 2009
A new study suggests children are concerned over their body shape as early as the fourth or fifth grade. Researchers studied 4,254 Canadian ...

Obesity Tied to Memory Loss

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Obesity has become a significant health crisis: More than 300 million people worldwide are considered obese and more than a billion people are ...

Extreme Exercise Can Be Unhealthy Addiction

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
The increasing popularity of excessive forms of exercise, such as conventional or ultramarathons as well as extreme bike road races, may be ...

Reduce Emotional Eating

Friday, August 14th, 2009
Many overweight and obese individuals use eating as a means to relieve stress, reduce boredom and improve mood. However, as stated in the August ...

Social Stress and Heart Disease

Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Stress associated with everyday life could be a precursor to heart disease, a diagnosis that kills more individuals world-wide than any other ...

Temptation Is a Powerful Force

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Enticement is as old as the original sin with modern twists including marital affairs, Ponzi schemes, and personal battles with obesity and drugs. For some, all that they have worked for is lost and for ...

Yoga Helps Weight Control

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
A new study confirmed an earlier observation that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-aged spread in normal-weight people and may promote weight loss in those who are overweight. Researchers discovered regular yoga practice is associated ...