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The 2023 Farm Bill is projected to spend $700 billion over the next five years, with powerful industry lobbyists directing funds to enrich themselves at the expense of agricultural communities, human health, animal welfare, and environmental sustainability. It’s far from its original intention: to help struggling farmers and hungry citizens during The Great Depression and Dustbowl. This year, with growing awareness about the myriad harms of our factory farm system, we have a critical opportunity to shift Farm Bill programs to serve our nation and our planet better. Most Americans have never heard of this massive omnibus bill, which Congress…
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“If you treat the ADHD, you reduce the frequency and intensity of binges,” Soutullo says. But finding the right treatment and dose can be tricky. A number of patients will report an increase in binge eating episodes if they are put on the short-acting forms of ADHD medications, as the appetite suppression side effects can lead to a pattern of forgetting to eat, followed by over-eating. In practice, the connection between the two disorders, and the ways in which the presence of both might affect treatment are not always recognized. “There are misconceptions about ADHD and there are misconceptions about…
For people with eating disorders, the summer months can be incredibly challenging. Maintaining recovery from an eating disorder requires consistent effort, vigilance, and support. Experiencing setbacks in recovery is not uncommon, and summertime tends to be particularly fraught with triggers. Awareness of summertime triggers can help individuals with eating disorders and their loved ones prepare for and navigate recovery challenges together. Don’t Let Diet Culture Ruin Summer Diet Culture, a system of beliefs that glorifies thinness, contributes to negative body image, a common eating disorder risk factor. Body image challenges can not only contribute to the development of eating disorders…
Do you eat even when you’re not hungry? Many of us eat for emotional reasons. One study suggests that binge eating is often motivated by what the brain perceives as a reward, not by the actual need of our body’s cells to change food into energy. It’s remarkably common, affects both males and females, and is unrelated to your body mass index (BMI, more on this later). Here’s how it happens: For example, you go to a birthday party or some gathering involving food. You have a piece of cake or some sweet delights. And you’re having that cake as a…
Do you eat even when you’re not hungry? Many of us eat for emotional reasons. One study suggests that binge eating is often motivated by what the brain perceives as a reward, not by the actual need of our body’s cells to change food into energy. It’s remarkably common, affects both males and females, and is unrelated to your body mass index (BMI, more on this later). Here’s how it happens: For example, you go to a birthday party or some gathering involving food. You have a piece of cake or some sweet delights. And you’re having that cake as a…
Dr. John Hendrickson is a rangeland management specialist with ARS’s Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory (NGPRL) in Mandan, ND. The Healthy Soils, Healthy Food, Healthy People initiative is a linkage between the three USDA-ARS locations in North Dakota: Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory NGPRL in Mandan, ND, the Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center (ETSARC) in Fargo, ND, and the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center (GFHNRC) in Grand Forks, ND. Welcome Dr. Hendrickson to Under the Microscope. UM – What is the Healthy Soils – Healthy Food – Healthy People…
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder is a new diagnosis in the DSM-5 and was previously referred to as “Selective Eating Disorder”. ARFID is an eating disorder characterised by a persistent avoidance or restriction of food intake that leads to significant weight loss, nutritional deficiencies, and/or impairment in physical or psychosocial functioning. Although many children go through phases of picky or selective eating, a person with ARFID does not consume enough calories to grow and develop properly and, in adults, to maintain basic body function.ARFID differs from other eating disorders like anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, in that it is not primarily driven…
Girls with eating disorders are three-times more likely to develop weak bonesDoctors believe offering the drug could prevent major problems in later life Doctors are calling for some teenage girls with eating disorders to be offered high-dose hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to prevent a debilitating bone disease.Youngsters with anorexia are three times more likely to develop weak bones, eventually developing into osteoporosis, where their bones are fragile and likely to break.This is due to both the lack of bone-boosting vitamins in their diet – including calcium-rich dairy foods – and the depletion of the female sex hormone oestrogen, which is…
Research shows those with IBS are more likely to develop eating disorders, and those with eating disorders are more likely to develop IBS. However, more research is necessary to understand the relationship between the two.Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which some also call nervous colon or spastic colitis, is a chronic gastrointestinal condition that can cause frequent pain and discomfort. Symptoms can include abdominal pain, cramping, and bloating.IBS is very common. According to the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), up to 10–15% of people in the United States are living with IBS. IBS affects twice the number of females than it…