Category: Eating disorders

Study suggests eating disorder behaviors alter reward response in brain

From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Researchers have found that eating disorder behaviors, such as binge-eating, alter the brain’s reward response process and food intake control circuitry,… Read more »

Study suggests evidence of behavioral, biological similarities between compulsive overeating and addiction

From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: Does yo-yo dieting drive compulsive eating? There may be a connection. According to Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers the… Read more »

Disordered eating among young adults found to have long-term negative health effects

From the University of Helsinki press release: According to a recent study from the University of Helsinki, Finland, disordered eating among young adults has long-term effects on their health. Disordered… Read more »

Study suggests eating disorder treatments need to consider social, cultural implications of the illness

From the University of East Anglia press release: People in treatment for eating disorders are poorly served when it comes to addressing the cultural aspects of eating problems, according to… Read more »

Study looks at how both nature and nurture may be influencing eating behavior in young children

From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release: For most preschool-age children, picky eating is just a normal part of growing up. But for others,… Read more »

Study suggests link between BMI and how we assess food

From the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati press release: A new study demonstrated that people of normal weight tend to associate natural foods such as apples with their sensory characteristics…. Read more »

Under stress, brains of bulimics respond differently to food

From the American Psychological Association press release: Magnetic resonance imaging scans suggest that the brains of women with bulimia nervosa react differently to images of food after stressful events than… Read more »