June 10th, 2013

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are among the deadliest of psychiatric disorders, with few proven effective treatments.
The insidious disorders are ...
June 7th, 2013

A new study finds families eat more junk food if they watch commercial television with commercials.
University of Michigan researchers compared households watching commercial-free digital TV ...
June 7th, 2013

New research on mice suggests health problems linked to obesity, such as heart disease and diabetes, could skip an entire generation.
Investigators discovered the offspring of obese mothers may be spared health problems linked ...
May 31st, 2013

A new study finds that even the unconscious actions of people suffering from anorexia nervosa are influenced by their disturbed perception of body image.
Researchers ...
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 ...