Overweight & Obesity
Consumer health: Why your child's weight matters
Healthy Weight Week will be observed Jan. 15-21, so this is a good time for a reminder of the connection between weight and health during childhood.
Jan 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Visual food cues can affect your eating behavior even when you are not aware of them
Controlling your food intake can be even more difficult than you think. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists show that visual food cues can affect your eating behavior even when you are not aware of them. Their findings ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Genetics
Education about genetic causes of eating behavior found to affect attitudes toward people with higher weight
Education about gene-by-environment interaction (G X E) causes of eating behaviors can have beneficial downstream effects on attitudes toward people with higher weight. A recent study included in the Journal of Nutrition ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People with binge-eating disorder benefit from specific behavioral therapy and medication
A new Yale study found that patients with binge-eating disorder (BED) and obesity can be helped quickly and benefit significantly from a specific behavioral therapy and a specific medication.
Oct 31, 2022
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Health
Promoting patient behavioral change through food choice and self-monitoring
Teaching patients to observe and document how they feel after eating certain foods can be a highly effective way to encourage positive lifestyle changes, according to Rutgers researchers.
Oct 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People with eating disorders hold rules around 'good' and 'bad' foods, but eating is never that simple
We usually think of eating as simple—a biological response to how hungry or full we feel.
Sep 6, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health tied to weight gain in obese people during pandemic
Weight gain in adults with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher baseline body mass index deteriorations in mental health, maladaptive eating behaviors, and less physical activity and sleep, according ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Innovative, online automated obesity treatment program shows weight-loss results
Preliminary evidence shows potential for a fully-automated, online behavioral obesity treatment program to serve as a pragmatic resource in the primary care setting, according to a new study in Obesity journal.
Jul 27, 2022
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Pediatrics
75% of teens aren't getting recommended daily exercise
Three out of every four teens aren't getting enough exercise, and this lack is even more pronounced among female students.
Jun 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers outline the connection between inflammation and depression
In a paper published recently in Pharmacological Reviews, Emory University School of Medicine researchers outlined the impact of inflammation on motivation as it relates to depression.
Oct 27, 2021
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