Eating Disorders
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Study Finds Link to Increased Risk for Bulimia, Binge Eating and HS
“Clinicians should actively screen for eating disorders,” particularly bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, in patients with HS,” the lead...
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Maternal BMI and Eating Disorders Tied to Mental Health in Kids
Maternal eating disorders were associated with psychiatric disorders in the offspring, with the largest effect sizes observed for sleep disorders...
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Ghost Fat: The Unseen Consequences of Weight Loss
The body dissatisfaction of some people who lose weight may be long-standing, predating the weight loss, or may be new because weight loss has...
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Considering Eating Disorder Potential When Prescribing Weight Loss Drugs to Teens
Nearly 80% of teens in treatment for obesity reported symptoms of disordered eating at the outset of an intervention.
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Growing Epidemic of Ultraprocessed Food Addiction
Numerous studies have found that individuals who exhibit ultraprocessed food addiction have more severe mental and physical health challenges.
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Bariatric Surgery and Weight Loss Make Brain Say Meh to Sweets
“Our findings suggest that both the brain reward response to and subjective liking of an innately desirable taste decline following bariatric...
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Ultra-Processed Doesn’t Always Mean Bad — Here’s How to Tell
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PCOS Increases Eating Disorder Risk
Women with PCOS had 53% higher odds of any eating disorder than control individuals without PCOS; disordered eating scores were higher in both the...
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‘Psychological Weight’ Crucial in Patients With Obesity
It is important to integrate emotional and behavioral aspects into treatment, because these factors often influence eating habits and weight gain...
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Psychiatric Comorbidity Tied to Early Mortality in Anorexia
About half of the sample with anorexia (47%) had a psychiatric comorbidity, which is associated with a 7.7% mortality risk at 10 years.
Commentary
Losing Weight, Decreasing Alcohol, and Improving Sex Life?
“The vast majority of my male patients using these medications for alcohol abuse disorder experience concurrent increases in...