Emotional triggers, such as stress, guilt, and loneliness, or environmental triggers, such as grocery shopping, media, and dieting, can cause binge eating episodes in individuals with binge eating ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder marked by uncontrollable binge-eating and subsequent purging by vomiting or using laxatives or diuretics. Other compensatory behaviors after binging include ...

Many people associate binge eating with folks in larger bodies, but in reality, binge eating can affect people of all different sizes. It can be a distressing experience—one you want to stop. Limiting ...

Purging disorder and bulimia share similar symptoms, and both involve purging food from the body through vomit or using medications. Bulimia and purging disorder are two distinct types of eating ...

Findings from the interviews offer insight into potential strategies for reducing binge eating among patients who experience food insecurity. Inconsistent food access, mental and physical health, and ...

New research finds that binge-eating disorder symptoms may persist longer than once believed, finding 61 percent and 45 percent of individuals still experienced binge-eating disorder 2.5 and 5 years ...

Doctors are already using weight loss drugs to treat binge eating disorder. But some experts warn that it’s a Band-Aid, not a fix. By Dani Blum Dani Blum has covered Ozempic and related medications ...

Many strategies used to treat anxiety disorders have shaped eating disorder interventions. Exposure therapy, for example, is frequently applied to help individuals face fears driven by persistent, ...

Writer and editor Emma Gunavardhana - host of the eponymous health and beauty podcast The Emma Guns Show - has long battled with her body image. In pursuing one solution to remedy the issue, she ...

Brain monitoring shows tirzepatide reduces food cravings Binge-eating signals were suppressed in the nucleus accumbens, the brain's reward center Effect seen in a single patient was only temporary GLP ...