Key points The similarities between binge eating & alcohol & drug abuse have led to the proposal of specific treatments. Despite the similarities there are important differences between binge eating ...

Eating disorders affect 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States and are mainly caused by underlying triggers associated with trauma, mental illness, and low-self esteem. Individuals ...

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Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Key Takeaways Cravings are intense desires for a specific food, even when you're ...

Bulimia, a serious eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging, affects many individuals worldwide. Overcoming bulimia is a challenging journey that requires determination, ...

Drawing from his personal journey of overcoming eating disorders while pursuing a career as a professional guitar player, Kain will share practical advice for improving mental fitness and breaking ...

“Food is my heroin,” said Haley (a pseudonym), 28, comparing her ADHD and binge eating disorder to a drug problem. “It sounds dramatic but it’s true. As hard as I try to prevent binge it’s like ...

Just about everybody knows that smoking weed can result in a serious bout of the munchies now and then. Researchers at Drexel University in Philadelphia are taking a deeper look at the phenomenon, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular binge eating before surgery does not increase the risk of poor outcomes in the first year after gastric bypass surgery (also referred to as "bariatric" surgery), in ...

A scientific team from the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Research Center at the University of Granada (UGR) is studying the human difficulties that prevent people from following healthy lifestyles.

Since my early teenage years, I wanted to be as thin as possible and always saw myself as larger than I actually was. Eventually, I developed binge eating disorder . I yo-yo dieted with calorie ...