Tag: eating disorders

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 sportspeople can face retirement identity crisis

From the University of Portsmouth press release: New research shows how top-level sportspeople can struggle to adjust to life after retirement, with their identities continuing to be defined by their… 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 »

Parents’ use of emotional feeding increases emotional eating in school-age children

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Emotional eating — eating when you feel sad or upset or in response to another negative mood — is not… Read more »

Study suggests bullies and victims tend to be more preoccupied with weight-loss

From the University of Warwick press release: School bullies and their victims are more obsessed with weight-loss than anyone else, according to new research by the University of Warwick. Professor… Read more »

Study suggests body image disturbances in anorexia may influence unconscious movements

From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Individuals suffering from anorexia nervosa perceive their bodies as being larger than they are and this disturbed body representation affects… Read more »

Study suggests emotion-focused therapy may help with binge eating disorder

From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: The combination of psychotherapy with dietary counseling (DC) might be a potential useful strategy to improve both eating disorder… Read more »