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Prevalence of Disordered Eating Behaviors in Diabetics Probed

Prevalence of Disordered Eating Behaviors in Diabetics Probed

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children with diabetes are at an increased risk for developing eating disorders and researchers want to know if it's their disease or treatment that's to blame.


New study indicates link between weight gains during pregnancy and dieting history

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created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Women who have a history of dieting or other restricted eating practices are at risk of gaining an inappropriate amount of weight during pregnancy. In a study published in the October 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Di ...





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New study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the ...


Crossing paths: Pinpointing when rates of binge eating converge across races

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created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Existing research shows that rates of binge eating among adult women is virtually identical across race. However, among college age women, it's a different story: Caucasian women are more apt to exhibit binge eating behaviors ...


Eating habits and exercise behaviors in children can deteriorate early

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created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As children transition from preschool-age to school-age, they may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and may contribute to childhood obesity. In a study published in ...


Young adults need to make more time for healthy meals

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As adolescents mature into young adults, increasing time constraints due to school or work can begin to impact eating habits in a negative way. In a study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Di ...


Disordered eating may affect 10 to 15 percent of women

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created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Several maladaptive eating behaviors, beyond anorexia, can affect women. Indeed, some 10 to 15 percent of women have maladaptive eating behaviours and attitudes according to new study from the Université de Montréal ...


Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for adolescents

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of ...


Study examines risk factors for development of eating disorders

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk factors for binge eating and purging may vary between boys and girls and by age group in girls, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.


Health-centered weight control method shows promise

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity - and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a "weight-acceptance" intervention, published in the November ...


Just expecting a tasty food activates brain reward systems

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, shows that exposing rats to a context ...


Brain circuit abnormalities may underlie bulimia nervosa in women

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Women with bulimia nervosa appear to respond more impulsively during psychological testing than those without eating disorders, and brain scans show differences in areas responsible for regulating behavior, according to a ...



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