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Eating disorder behaviors and weight concerns are common in women over 50

Eating disorders are commonly seen as an issue faced by teenagers and young women, but a new study reveals that age is no barrier to disordered eating. In women aged 50 and over, 3.5% report binge eating, nearly 8% report ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows role of cellular protein in regulation of binge eating

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated in experimental models that blocking the Sigma-1 receptor, a cellular protein, reduced binge eating and caused binge eaters to eat more slowly. ...

Neuroscience created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescents who have more than four meals a day are thinner

A study carried out in Spain reveals that certain healthy habits, like eating more than four times a day or not eating too fast, are associated with lower body fat levels independently of exercise habits during ...

Health created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many mysteries unsolved in binge-eating disorder

Although cognitive-behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy, as well as the anticonvulsant topiramate, can help patients who binge eat, a magic bullet for the disorder remains elusive.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preteen food choices may help predict eating disorders later

(HealthDay) -- The food choices young girls make could help doctors predict if they are at risk for developing an eating disorder as teenagers, according to a new study that analyzed food diaries compiled ...

Health created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eat healthy -- your kids are watching

If lower-income mothers want kids with healthy diets, it's best to adopt healthy eating habits themselves and encourage their children to eat good foods rather than use force, rewards or punishments, says a Michigan State ...

Health created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise and a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables extends life expectancy in women in their 70s

Women in their seventies who exercise and eat healthy amounts of fruits and vegetables have a longer life expectancy, according to research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Health created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Eat your vegetables!' New book redefines how to raise healthy eaters

How do you get a picky young eater who refuses everything to like fruits and vegetables? How do you get children to try nutritious foods when all they want is something sweet or salty? How do you raise healthy ...

Health created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flesh-Eating bacteria no cause for panic, experts say

(HealthDay) -- Despite scary headlines by the score, most people don't have to fear that they'll be the next victim of the so-called flesh-eating bacteria disease, experts say.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Obesity genes' may influence food choices, eating patterns

Blame it on your genes? Researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center say individuals with variations in certain "obesity genes" tend to eat more meals and snacks, consume more calories ...

Overweight and Obesity created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Woman with flesh-eating disease takes own breaths

(AP) -- The father of a young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria says his daughter is now breathing on her own.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Edible 'stop signs' in food may halt overeating

(Medical Xpress) -- Once you pop the top of a tube of potato chips, it can be hard to stop munching its contents. But Cornell researchers may have found a novel way to help: Add edible serving size markers ...

Health created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents read lips of woman with flesh-eating bug

(AP) -- The parents of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating bacterial infection said Monday they've learned to read lips and are communicating with their daughter despite a breathing tube in her throat.

Other created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Georgia woman, 24, battles flesh-eating disease

(AP) -- Whether she was hiking in the woods, growing organic vegetables or working on her master's degree in psychology, Aimee Copeland embraced her passions with determination and a constant smile that made friends wonder ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Improving body satisfaction can help prevent eating disorders and obesity

(Medical Xpress) -- In a study that examined the relationship between body dissatisfaction, body mass index (BMI) and binge eating in overweight and obese adolescent girls, Kendrin R. Sonneville, ScD, RD, researcher ...

Health created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0