Binge eating IS in the brain: Study confirms food addicts have 'numbed' pleasure center
Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine have identified circuits in the brain's pleasure center that can inhibit binging. It is the first brain scan to support theories about food addiction. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Activating dopamine neurons could turn off binge-like eating behavior
(Baylor College of Medicine) While binge eating affects about 10 percent of adults in the United States, the neurobiological basis of the disease is unclear. Researchers at the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital found that certain neural circuits have the ability to inhibit binge-like eating behavior in mice. Their report appears today in the journal Biological Psychiatry. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Critics of weight-loss device urge U.S. regulator to reverse approval
(Reuters) – Lotta Bosnyak takes extra time to chew the blueberries in her yogurt. Otherwise, she said, the device she credits with saving her life will not work. The tube Bosnyak is referring to has been implanted into her stomach. She turns a valve and, standing over a toilet, drains out the yogurt. The 52-year-old Delray Beach, Florida, resident was one of the 1st people to try the “AspireAssist” device four years ago in Sweden, where she is from. “It’s one of the best ways to change your relationship to food because it does require a lot of work on the patient’s part,” said Dr. Christopher...
Source: Mass Device - July 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Weight loss Aspire Bariatrics Source Type: news

Childhood trauma in obese and overweight women with food addiction and clinical-level of binge eating - Imperatori C, Innamorati M, Lamis DA, Farina B, Pompili M, Contardi A, Fabbricatore M.
Childhood trauma (CT) is considered a major risk factor for several disorders as well as for the development of eating psychopathology and adult obesity. The main aims of the present study were to assess in overweight and obese women: (i) the independent a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

YouTuber Mange tout films herself binge-eating McDonald's
Lydie, 25, a language translator from Yorkshire, has racked up thousands of hits on a 23-minute video of her scoffing burgers, fries and chicken nuggets in front of the camera. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

YouTuber who films herself binge-eating McDonald's goes viral
Lydie, 25, a language translator from Yorkshire, has racked up thousands of hits on a 23-minute video of her scoffing burgers, fries and chicken nuggets in front of the camera. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How To Find Your Eating 'Off-Switch'
Image: mbaldenkova via Adobe Stock Why you can't find your off-switch People often tell me: 'I don't have an off-switch!' 'I don't know when to stop eating!' 'Once I start, I can't stop eating - it's like I have no off-switch!' or 'I've never had an off-switch' It breaks my heart to hear this. Having the experience of not being able to stop eating is incredibly disheartening. It's almost like not having control of your bowels - truly! Eating is a basic human function, and not being able to stop when you know you're no longer hungry can bring up all sorts of harsh criticisms: I'm useless I'm hopeless I'm pathetic I'm a...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Prospective relations between overeating, loss of control eating, binge eating, and depressive symptoms in a school-based sample of adolescents - Sinclair-McBride K, Cole DA.
A sample of 353 community adolescents (grades 9 to 12, 57.6 % female) participated in a 2-wave longitudinal study of eating behaviors (overeating, loss of control eating [LOC], and binge eating) and depression. The study addresses 4 hypotheses. (1) The pr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

How to Stop Any Craving Right When It Hits
Whether it's a late-night slice of pizza or a sugary breakfast pastry, we all experience cravings. And they often feel impossible to ignore. While it seems like our stomachs are screaming for ice cream, our brains actually play a huge role in food cravings--which means they're not as hard to stop as we might think.1 Cravings are both mental and physical, says Michael Mantell, Ph.D., a transformational behavioral coach who specializes in obesity. "The craving begins in your mind and then in your mouth." We often link cravings to a lack of self-control, but it could simply be your body's way of asking for fuel. "Your body ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A joint study by Canada's York University and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health examines oxytocin's role in binge eating
(Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior) A study by York University researcher Caroline Davis and her colleagues at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is the first to demonstrate that variants of the Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) gene contribute to why some of us overeat or engage in episodes of binge eating. They investigated how the OXTR gene influences appetite, food preferences, food intake and personality risk traits associated with brain-reward mechanisms. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Teasing About Weight May Put Children At Risk Of Binge Eating Disorder
“Do you really need to be eating that?” “Slow down, I’m worried about your health.” These are just a few of the many weight- and eating-related comments a HuffPost reader named Haleigh heard from her parents. They may seem innocuous to someone who doesn’t struggle with weight or didn’t grow up being constantly criticized for their body. But these and other comments made Haleigh, who at 5’6 was a perfectly healthy 160 pounds in high school, invest in a personal trainer and the Weight Watchers diet program. The weight-based criticism also made Haleigh feel terrible about how sh...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Book Review: Why Can’t I Stop?
What if you had a pint of ice cream for dinner last night and spent three hours on social media? You probably wouldn’t hear any judgment at work the next day. In fact, your colleagues might nod and smile because they’ve been there. But what if you drank a fifth of vodka and gambled away your mortgage? No one’s laughing now. Instead they’re judging you. “How could you do such a thing?” they would ask. “Why didn’t you control yourself?” Any number of behaviors, whether socially acceptable — like eating and being on the internet — or not quite as acceptable, can turn into an addiction. In Why Ca...
Source: Psych Central - July 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tina Arnoldi Tags: Addictions Alcoholism Binge Eating Book Reviews Compulsive Gambling Disorders Eating Disorders General Medications Psychology Substance Abuse Treatment behavior books on addiction books on treatment Brian Odlaug Drug Addict Source Type: news

Book Review: Why Can ’ t I Stop?
What if you had a pint of ice cream for dinner last night and spent three hours on social media? You probably wouldn’t hear any judgment at work the next day. In fact, your colleagues might nod and smile because they’ve been there. But what if you drank a fifth of vodka and gambled away your mortgage? No one’s laughing now. Instead they’re judging you. “How could you do such a thing?” they would ask. “Why didn’t you control yourself?” Any number of behaviors, whether socially acceptable — like eating and being on the internet — or not quite as acceptable, can turn into an addiction. In Why Ca...
Source: Psych Central - July 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tina Arnoldi Tags: Addictions Alcoholism Binge Eating Book Reviews Compulsive Gambling Disorders Eating Disorders General Medications Psychology Substance Abuse Treatment behavior books on addiction books on treatment Brian Odlaug Drug Addict Source Type: news

PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week's topics include end-of-life care in a spectrum of illness, dementia and blood transfusions, co-prescribing of naloxone with opioids, and treatment of binge eating disorder (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - July 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

3 Treatments Seem to Help Combat Binge-Eating Disorder
Review finds these methods may aid those with the most common eating disorder in the U.S.Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Antidepressants, Eating Disorders, Medicines (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - July 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news