Food Can Be Addicting: Does Overeating Require Treatment?
It is assumed that food is not a drug, but some researchers suggest that it can still be addictive. According to a recent Calorie Lab report, psychological behaviors lead to our continued engagement in bad habits, despite knowing full well that the habits have negative consequences. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]
Study Explores Why Some Binge Eaters Become Obese While Others Don’t
Imagine that each morning when you sat down to your bowl of whole-grain cereal, a plate of Oreo cookies magically appeared next to your bowl. Perhaps, since we are imagining, there is also a frosty glass of milk, ready for dunking. Would you expect that you would gain weight with a routine like this? Bookmark [...]
Binge Eating Varies Across Race in College Women
Does race have anything to do with whether or not an individual will have an eating disorder? When it comes to binge eating among adult women, the rates of binge eating appears to be virtually identical across race. Among women in college, however, the story appears to be quite different. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this [...]
Study Shows Perfectionists at Higher Risk for Binge Eating
While perfectionism is desired in a certain number of professions, including law or medicine, a perfectionist approach to the body can put a person at risk for an eating disorder. According to a recently published study, individuals with a high degree of perfectionism are often setting themselves up for a range of physical, emotional and [...]
