May 23rd, 2013

Parents have long urged kids to finish their food. But new research suggests parents' best intentions may be feeding bad habits.
Brigham ...
May 21st, 2013

Researchers have discovered that men diagnosed as children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were twice as likely to be obese adults.
Investigators from the Child Study Center ...
May 16th, 2013

A new study looks at the relationship between fluctuations in body weight and personality traits.
Florida State University researchers discovered people who gain weight are ...
May 11th, 2013

Women who engage in "fat talk" -- self-disparaging remarks made in relation to eating, exercise or their bodies -- are less liked by their peers, according to a ...
May 9th, 2013

A new clinical trial has found that focusing on quality of life and enhanced social adjustment, rather than weight gain, improved results for patients ...
April 23rd, 2013

Beginning an exercise program and embarking on a diet are difficult behaviors independently, much less trying to do both at the ...
April 10th, 2013

Online searches for all major mental illnesses tend to follow seasonal patterns, according to a new study -- suggesting that mental illnesses may be ...
March 18th, 2013

Consciously or unconsciously, people often turn to food to ease stress and/or improve mood.
New research suggests this behavior may be counterproductive as researchers discover mood may ...
March 10th, 2013

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in patients with treatment-resistant anorexia nervosa may help improve body weight, mood and anxiety, according to new research.
A team of researchers ...
February 25th, 2013

UK researchers have found that as women age they often talk about the negative aspects ...