5 things parents should know about eating disorders
Dr. Sara Forman, director of Boston Children’s Hospital’s Outpatient Eating Disorders Program and Dr. Tracy Richmond, director of the PREP weight management program in Adolescent Medicine, share five things parents should know about eating disorders.
Kids don’t have to be really thin to have an eating disorder.
Not everyone with an eating disorder looks like he or she has an eating disorder. The condition is often hidden in secret habits or obsessions. For example, binge eating and bulimia — or binging and purging — are common eating disorders not necessarily associated with thinness.
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Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 7, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Erin Horan Tags: Mental Health Teen Health anorexia anorexia nervosa bulimia Dr. Sara Forman Dr. Tracy Richmond eating disorder Source Type: news
As An Eating Disorder Therapist, I’m Concerned About Netflix’s ‘To The Bone’
The trailer of Netflix’s upcoming movie, ‘To The Bone,’ opens with a plate of food and a young, frail, girl tallying up the calorie counts of each item. Her friend laughs and says, “it’s like you have calorie Asperger’s.”
The movie, which was written and directed by Marti Noxon and stars Lilly Collins and Keanu Reeves depicts a young girl’s battle with anorexia. It has already been met with a lot of controversy, especially within the eating disorder recovery and treatment community.
I think that the creation of this film was well-intentioned. The director and lead actress bot...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eating disorders: recognition and treatment
This guideline covers assessment, treatment, monitoring and inpatient care for children, young people and adults with eating disorders. It aims to improve the care people receive by detailing the most effective treatments for anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yo-yo dieter from Hull finally sculpts body of his dreams
EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Lowe, 26, from Hull, has sculpted his dream body after years of 'awful' binge eating and gruelling gym workouts. After gaining 6 stone last year, he is now in better shape than ever. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study provides further support for genetic factors underlying addictions
(Boston University Medical Center) Impairment of a particular gene raises increases susceptibility to opioid addiction liability as well as vulnerability to binge eating according to a new study.Dysfunction of the gene, casein kinase1-epsilon (CSNK1E), increases opioid's euphoric response and produces a marked increase in sensitivity to binge eating in a female experimental model but not in the male. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Alcohol abuse and binge eating: How your partner's infidelity could harm YOUR health
ALCOHOL abuse and binge eating are two of the unhealthy side-effects of being cheated on, according to a new study. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To The Person In Eating Disorder Recovery Who Is Struggling To Accept Body Changes
Your recovery from an eating disorder has been going strong. Perhaps you’ve been making strides in facing “fear foods,” are opening up in therapy, and learning how to use new coping strategies. Then, for some reason or another, you find out your current weight, which often causes “the eating disorder self” to start freaking out. Suddenly, you may find yourself faced with loud “eating disorder thoughts” and a desire to go back to your disordered behaviors.
For some people with eating disorders, recovery can bring about body changes. Not everyone’s eating disorder causes weight...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Novel Drug Shows Promise for Binge Eating Disorder Novel Drug Shows Promise for Binge Eating Disorder
Novel agent significantly reduced episodes of binge eating compared to placebo, new research shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Stress in late pregnancy may fuel binge eating in female offspring
Mouse study shows that prenatal stress in late gestation increases chance of binge eating in female offspring and coincides with epigenetic brain changes. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Optic probes shed light on binge-eating
Activating neurons in an area of the brain not previously associated with feeding can produce binge-eating behavior in mice, a new Yale study finds. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - May 25, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Yale News Source Type: news
Optic probes shed light on binge eating
Activating neurons in an area of the brain not previously associated with feeding can produce binge-eating behavior in mice, a new Yale study finds. " What was most remarkable was the rapidity with which the mice began to eat, ” said the researcher. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - May 25, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Yale News Source Type: news
Rapid binge-like eating and body weight gain driven by zona incerta GABA neuron activation
The neuronal substrate for binge eating, which can at times lead to obesity, is not clear. We find that optogenetic stimulation of mouse zona incerta (ZI) -aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons or their axonal projections to paraventricular thalamus (PVT) excitatory neurons immediately (in 2 to 3 seconds) evoked binge-like eating. Minimal intermittent stimulation led to body weight gain; ZI GABA neuron ablation reduced weight. ZI stimulation generated 35% of normal 24-hour food intake in just 10 minutes. The ZI cells were excited by food deprivation and the gut hunger signal ghrelin. In contrast, stimulation of excitatory axons...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 25, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Zhang, X., van den Pol, A. N. Tags: Neuroscience reports Source Type: news
You Don’t Have To Try To 'Get Your Body Back'
There’s a pervasive cultural myth that as women, we should be “trying to get our bodies back.”
As a therapist in private practice in Rockville, Maryland, specializing in helping individuals with body-image issues, I am particularly passionate about raising awareness about the myths that we are told around our bodies.
Whether it’s post-baby, post-college, or any other life stage, we are sold two major lies by the diet and beauty industry, surrounding this notion of trying to “get your body back.”
Myth # 1: Our bodies are meant to stay the same over time.
There’s a societal belief th...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Warning Signs That Your Teen Could Be Struggling With An Eating Disorder
As parents, it can be difficult to tell what is really behind your teen’s recent desire to lose weight, newfound interest in “healthy” eating, or preoccupation with food.
As a therapist in private practice in Rockville, Maryland, specializing in helping teens and adults with eating disorders and body image issues, I am passionate about raising awareness surrounding the warning signs that could indicate that someone is struggling with an eating disorder.
There is no guidebook for how to tell if your child is secretly struggling with anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder. Eating disorders often thrive...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Neuroscientists seek brain basis of craving in addiction and binge eating
(Center for BrainHealth) A new article in JAMA Psychiatry details the first step in revealing how craving works in the brain. Scientists at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas are the first to propose a quantitative model for drug addiction research. The model focuses on craving: the intense, urgent feeling of needing or wanting drugs. Their ongoing research and subsequent findings have the potential to open a new frontier of alcohol and substance abuse treatment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 3, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
