Weight Stigma May Predict Binge Eating During the Pandemic
Young adults with previous weight stigma at greater risk for maladaptive eating, regardless of weight (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - September 11, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Nursing, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
Weight Stigma May Predict Binge Eating During the Pandemic
FRIDAY, Sept. 11, 2020 -- Young adults who previously experienced weight stigma may have increased vulnerability to distress and maladaptive eating during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in the Annals of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 11, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Weight stigma predicts emotional distress and binge eating during COVID-19
(UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity) New research from the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity and the University of Minnesota shows that young adults who experienced weight stigma before the pandemic have higher levels of depressive symptoms, stress, eating as a coping strategy, and are more likely to binge-eat during COVID-19 compared to those who haven't experienced weight stigma. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Anorexia May Stunt Young Women's Growth Anorexia May Stunt Young Women's Growth
Individuals with AN lose an unhealthy amount of weight through dieting, sometimes along with excessive exercise, binge eating, and/or purging, which may impact the growth and future height of teenage girls, a new study suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - August 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Eating Disorders Cost Billions in the U.S.
FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2020 -- Eating disorders -- such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge-eating disorder -- cost the U.S. economy nearly $65 billion in one recent year, a new report shows.
About 75% of that ($48.6 billion) was due to lost... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 21, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Sharecare snaps up behavioral health platform MindSciences
Sharecare will now be able to offer MindSciences programs focused on smoking cessation, binge eating and stress. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - June 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Brief report: Differences in nonsuicidal self-injury according to binge eating and purging status in an adolescent sample seeking eating disorder treatment - Dzombak JWP, Haynos AF, Rienecke RD, Van Huysse JL.
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is elevated in adults with eating disorders (EDs), with a particularly increased incidence among individuals who engage in binge eating and/or purging (B/P) behaviors. Despite substantially elevated prevalence of NSSI in adol... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Getting Off the Roller Coaster of Emotional Eating
With spending so many hours inside, it can be so easy to seek comfort in food. Especially when some of us have enormous stock piles of tasty snacks and quick shelf stable carbohydrates like cereal, pasta and rice. Perhaps emotional eating is a new phenomena or we’ve struggled over the years with binge eating. Binge-eating is defined as consuming unusually large amounts of food typically in a short period of time and feeling unable to stop eating. During these stressful times we want to maintain emotional, mental and physical balance. Ensuring that we are getting the right nutrients without the self harm of overeating is ...
Source: Psych Central - May 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ivy Branin, ND Tags: Binge Eating Coronavirus Eating Disorders COVID-19 Cravings Emotional Eating emotional overeating Source Type: news
The role of negative urgency in risky alcohol drinking and binge-eating in United Kingdom male and female students - Ralph-Nearman C, Stewart JL, Jones KA.
Identifying students at risk of developing binge-eating and alcohol use disorders is a priority in the United Kingdom (UK). Although relationships between negative urgency (impulsive behavior during times of negative emotion), risky drinking, and binge-eat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Webinar series: Dealing with the everyday implications of the coronavirus crisis
Beginning April 29, UCLA faculty experts will appear online to discuss topics related to everyday life during the coronavirus crisis, as part of a new webinar series calledUCLA Connections. The virtual events are open to the public.The conversations are intended to build community and foster resilience as we address and adapt to the changes brought about by COVID-19. The 20- to 30-minute interviews will highlightresearch by UCLA experts that can help us understand ourselves as individuals and as members of relationships, communities and families, especially as people’s normal routines have been upended.Topics include...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 27, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Coronavirus Presents New Challenges For Those With Eating Disorders — Here’s How Survivors Are Seeking Out Support Online
Staying home to help prevent the spread of coronavirus has brought major life changes for many. For those who have been diagnosed with an eating disorder, social isolating can pose a serious risk to their recovery.
When U.S. health officials began recommending that people stay at home in March, Allison Caswell didn’t expect doing so would trigger old anxieties about food that she struggled with daily in the past. For one thing, Caswell, a 29-year-old in Wilmington, North Carolina, had been in recovery for her eating disorder for 12 years. For another, as a health care worker, she felt that she had a good understandin...
Source: TIME: Health - April 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Cady Lang Tags: Uncategorized clickmonsters COVID-19 feature Source Type: news
Binge eating and binge drinking behaviors: the role of family functioning - Laghi F, Bianchi D, Pompili S, Lonigro A, Baiocco R.
Binge eating and binge drinking are two of the most common health-risk behaviors among young people showing to frequently co-occur in nonclinical samples of adolescent boys and girls. The present study examined the role of different dimensions of family fu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Healthy eating tips for being stuck at home amid coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis has led to mass closures of businesses and left many Americans fortunate enough to still be employed, stuck at home. Some have worried about binge-eating while being isolated to their homes. Dietitian Samantha Heller joins "CBS This Morning" to offer advice and tips about how to keep up a healthy diet during this period, including ideas for healthier snacks. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Helping Patients with Binge Eating Disorders: There's an App for That
Behavioral therapy assisted by a smartphone app, delivered via telemedicine by a health coach, was an effective treatment for several symptoms of binge eating disorders, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published this week in The American Journal of Psychiatry. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - February 5, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Telemedicine consults, Noom app intervention reduces binge eating symptoms
A study of more than 200 Kaiser Permanente patients found regular coaching paired with self-monitoring tools more effective than standard care. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - February 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
