Eating Disorder Research News
April 18, 2024
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Mar. 20, 2024 — Psychologists have discovered a circuit in the brain of mice that makes them crave food and seek it out, even when they are not hungry. When stimulated, this cluster of cells propels mice to forage ...
Feb. 20, 2024 — The study looked at survey data from 3,670 young people in the UK and the Netherlands to investigate how appetite traits in early childhood might relate to the likelihood of developing eating disorder symptoms up to 10 years later. The researchers ...
Jan. 4, 2024 — New research indicates that the eating disorder anorexia nervosa is associated with being an early riser, unlike many other disorders that tend to be evening-based such as depression, binge eating ...
Oct. 18, 2023 — Children fall broadly into four eating categories, according to new research, and parents feed their children differently depending on those categories. ...
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Oct. 17, 2023 — A new study has revealed a significant association between eating disorders and physical multimorbidity, shedding new light on the health risks faced by people with these conditions. The research ...
Apr. 5, 2023 — Whether you're afraid of dogs, needles or enclosed spaces, one of the most effective interventions for this type of anxiety disorder is exposure therapy in which you confront your fear in a safe ...
Feb. 5, 2023 — Sadly, many family members, friends, and celebrities have suffered from anorexia nervosa, a severe psychiatric disorder associated with intense anxieties concerning weight, shape, and self-esteem. AN ...
Feb. 1, 2023 — ARFID is strongly influenced by genetic factors, according to a twin study examining this relatively new type of eating ...
Jan. 30, 2023 — Predominant stereotypes about eating disorders suggest that it is a condition mainly associated with girls from wealthy backgrounds. However, a new study found that boys living in disadvantaged ...
Jan. 18, 2023 — Eating disorders are stereotypically associated with adolescents and young adults. Growing evidence, however, suggests that these conditions can occur at any time during a woman's lifespan, including ...
Dec. 12, 2022 — Research has revealed how a pathway in the brain that typically provides signals to stop eating may be altered by early life trauma. The discovery, ...
Sep. 1, 2022 — Scientists hypothesize that circadian rhythm disruption is a psychopathology factor shared by a broad range of mental illnesses and that research ...
Aug. 29, 2022 — A small device that detects food craving-related brain activity in a key brain region, and responds by electrically stimulating that region, has shown promise in a pilot clinical trial in two ...
June 7, 2022 — New findings highlight clear differences in grey matter for people with anorexia nervosa and point to the importance of early treatment ...
Earlier Headlines
Feb. 13, 2024 — New research examined how often people experiencing binge eating are also using cannabis recreationally, and whether patients who use cannabis experience more severe eating disorder symptoms or ...
May 11, 2022 — An analysis of 11 major psychiatric disorders offers new insight into why comorbidities are the norm when it comes to mental illness. The study suggests that while there is no single gene or set of ...
Apr. 29, 2022 — Though purging is often a condition associated with bulimia nervosa, new research at Ohio University suggests that a different kind of eating disorder could also be ...
Mar. 28, 2022 — Pregnant women with anorexia are at greater risk of having a stillbirth, underweight baby or pre-term birth, yet there are no clear guidelines for how doctors should manage the condition, according ...
Mar. 15, 2022 — Brain scans of children ages 9-10 with a type of eating disorder that causes uncontrollable overeating showed differences in gray matter density compared to their unaffected peers, according to a new ...
Feb. 28, 2022 — New research has revealed a key neural mechanism underlying the feeling of being unable to stop eating, the most salient aspect of binge episodes in eating disorders like bulimia ...
Feb. 23, 2022 — Eating disorders are associated with an increased risk of people with diabetes developing diabetic retinopathy -- a condition that can cause blindness if untreated -- according to new ...
Nov. 29, 2021 — A new study finds that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is elevated in people with a psychiatric disorder compared with the general ...
Oct. 7, 2021 — Looking beyond the picky eating of childhood, researchers looked at this behavior in college students. Self-identified picky eaters ate significantly less fiber and vegetables and reported greater ...
Aug. 17, 2021 — For decades, there has been an accepted definition of dieting in academia, and in society as a whole. Researchers recently reevaluated the decades of dieting research to redefine the way researchers ...
June 30, 2021 — A new study found that eating disorder behaviors alter the brain's reward response process and food intake control circuitry, which can reinforce the ...
June 22, 2021 — Researchers have shown why people with mental health disorders, including anorexia and panic disorders, experience physical signals ...