Eating Disorders News

Depression, Binge Eating Go Hand in Hand

December 20th, 2011
Depression, Binge Eating Go Hand in HandA new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that teenage girls who feel depressed are twice as likely to start binge ...

Mice Study Suggests New Routes to Counter Stress

December 15th, 2011
Mice Study Suggests New Method to Manage Stress Emerging research tracks the physical effects from stress from neurosteroids acting on specific receptors in the brain. Neuroscience researchers from Tufts ...

Hospital Treatment Guidelines for Anorexia Questioned

December 12th, 2011
Hospital Treatment Guidelines for Anorexia QuestionedA University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study challenges the current conservative approach to feeding adolescents who have anorexia nervosa during hospitalization for ...

New Model for Childhood Eating Disorders

December 8th, 2011
New Model for Child Eating Disorders Sadly, current methods to control overeating in children or adults are often ineffective. Overeating often takes place even in the absence of hunger, ...

Mouse Study Transplants Neurons to Rebuild Brain Circuits

November 29th, 2011
Mouse Study Transplants Neurons to Rebuild Brain CircuitsNeuron transplants have repaired brain circuitry and substantially normalized function in mice with a brain disorder, indicating that key areas of the brain are more repairable than was widely ...

Many Anorexics Struggle with ‘Authentic’ Self

November 23rd, 2011
Many Anorexics Struggle with Authentic Self A new report concludes that people with anorexia nervosa struggle with questions about their real, or "authentic," self. Researchers believe an understanding ...

Should We Pay People To Be Healthy?

November 22nd, 2011
Should We Pay People To Be Healthy?A provocative new study out of Australia investigates the novel approach of providing financial incentives to individuals if they change their health behavior. Investigators note ...

Lack of Willpower Drives Eating Behaviors

November 7th, 2011
Lack of Willpower Drives Eating BehaviorsA new article laments that while most people know what they should do to maintain a healthy weight -- they lack the willpower to battle the bulge. University ...

Learning Alternate Memories to Replace Problem Memories

November 7th, 2011
Learn Alternate Memories to Replace Problem MemoriesEmerging research suggests a method to prevent relapse to an old harmful behavior is to match a new behavior to the originating stimulus. Researchers base the new approach ...

College Students Have Trouble Recognizing Disordered Eating

November 2nd, 2011
College Students Have Trouble Recognizing Disordered Eating A new study warns that although they are the prime demographic for developing eating disorders, many college students fail to notice the warning signs. The ...
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