Renfrew Center to open 18th eating disorder treatment site
The Renfrew Center is expanding to Pittsburgh.
The new site, set to open in the spring, will be the 18th residential eating disorder facility — dedicated exclusively to the treatment of adolescent girls and women — to be opened by the Philadelphia-based organization.
The Pittsburgh center, like Renfrew’s other facilities, will specializ e in the treatment of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and related mental illnesses. The services will be delivered through day treatment, intensive… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 20, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news
How to Reduce Food Anxiety Over the Holidays
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If you're worrying about how you'll manage yourself around food over the holidays, you're not alone! This time of year is very stressful for many people even for those who don't have the added complication of a dysfunctional relationship with food! It's a busy time, with a lot going on socially. It's expensive. There are expectations. And then there are all the family dynamics. For many, it's a tricky navigation.
My whole approach is very much weight neutral, and I work within a Health At Every Size (#HAES) framework. My goal is not to help people lose weight, because what I've learned o...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Binge Eating Disorder
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - December 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Binge-eating bacteria extract energy from sewage
Domestic sewage contains various organic substances, mainly from toilets and kitchens. Now research shows that this ewage contains a source of energy that can be harvested by using hungry bacteria. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 24, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Penn State Kicker Reminds Us Men Have Eating Disorders, Too
Eating disorders affect every race, gender and body size.
It’s one very important takeaway from Penn State kicker Joey Julius’s viral Facebook post on Monday, in which he went public about his diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Julius, a popular player for the Nittany Lions, said he spent several months in treatment after being admitted May 9.
“Due to my increase in not only weight but also depression and anxiety, my team physicians started to notice not only a change in my overall happiness but also my performance as a normal human being,” he wrote. “...I learned that f...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New approach to block binge eating
A new therapeutic target for the treatment of compulsive binge eating has been identified by researchers. They report the beneficial effects of the activation of a class of receptors, Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1 (TAAR1), on compulsive, binge eating. TAAR1 discovered in 2001, is a receptor that binds molecules in the brain called trace amines. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study finds new approach to block binge eating
(Boston University Medical Center) A new therapeutic target for the treatment of compulsive binge eating has been identified by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Epidemiology of eating disorders in Europe: prevalence, incidence, comorbidity, course, consequences, and risk factors - Keski-Rahkonen A, Mustelin L.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Eating disorders - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder - affect numerous Europeans. This narrative review summarizes European studies on their prevalence, incidence, comorbidity, course, consequences, and risk fa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
If You've Ever Said 'You've Lost Weight!' This Is For You
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Dear father, mother, spouse, partner, grandma, granddad, uncle, auntie, sister, brother, son, daughter, cousin, friend, acquaintance, co-worker, person-on-the-street-I've-never-met,
I am writing this because in the past, you've made comments about my body.
You've wolf-whistled as I've walked in the room, or down the street.
You've exclaimed 'Wow, you're looking skinny!'
'You're looking hot!'
'Have you lost weight?'
'You've lost weight!'
'Look at you! You're looking great!'
'You've managed to keep the weight off! Well done!'
'Wow, those few kilos really make a difference.'
'You're l...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Binge-eating disorder linked to other health conditions
Binge-eating disorder (BED) was linked with a broad range of other illnesses in a recent study, with the strongest associations related to the endocrine and circulatory systems. Individuals with BED had a 2.5-times increased risk of also having an endocrine disorder and a 1.9-times increased risk of having a circulatory system disorder. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
How Weighing Yourself Can Sabotage Your Health
Here's an idea worth considering; the way you feel about your body impacts the way you show up in life and the way you interact with the world around you.
Be honest -- when was the last time you felt good about yourself despite the number that showed up on the scale?
I'm a veteran body hater. I used to allow my scale to dictate how I treated my friends, family and co-workers every single day. My mantra every morning was very similar to the witch's mantra to the magic mirror in Snow White. You know, "Mirror mirror on the wall...etc." only mine was:
"Scale, scale on the floor, please tell me I'm not fat anymore!"
And mos...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicidality in adolescents and adults with binge-eating disorder: results from the national comorbidity survey replication and adolescent supplement - Forrest LN, Zuromski KL, Dodd DR, Smith AR.
OBJECTIVE: The relation between binge-eating disorder (BED) and suicidality (i.e., suicide ideation, plan, and/or attempt) has not been studied extensively, and it is unknown whether BED is uniquely associated with suicidality when adjusting for comorbid p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Heredity a major factor in ADHD, binge eating and alcohol dependence
It is mostly hereditary factors that lie behind adults with ADHD often developing alcohol dependence and binge eating, concludes new research. Since heredity plays such a large role, it is important that ADHD is treated at an early stage, and that measures are taken to prevent individuals developing these disorders later in life. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 5, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Want Your Teen To Have A Healthy Weight? Science Says Shut Up
Experts agree that talking about the need to diet and lose weight is one of the most unhealthy, counterproductive things a parent can do for a teen who is struggling with weight issues.
Now, new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics formally endorse those findings. In order to prevent obesity and eating disorders, parents should focus less on diets and the scale and emphasize family togetherness and exercise for fitness, not weight loss. The AAP included both obesity and eating disorders in their recommendations because these often share unhealthy behaviors such as dieting, bingeing and having a diss...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Want Your Teen To Have A Healthy Weight? Science Says Shut Up
Experts agree that talking about the need to diet and lose weight is one of the most unhealthy, counterproductive things a parent can do for a teen who is struggling with weight issues.
Now, new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics formally endorse those findings. In order to prevent obesity and eating disorders, parents should focus less on diets and the scale and emphasize family togetherness and exercise for fitness, not weight loss. The AAP included both obesity and eating disorders in their recommendations because these often share unhealthy behaviors such as dieting, bingeing and having a diss...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
