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Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: Sixty-six adults with binge-eating disorder were given either naltrexone/bupropion or placebo for 16 weeks. Remission rates higher in those given combination therapy compared with placebo. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Adults with binge-eating disorder who were…
Construction of Victoria’s first Public Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Centre (RED-TC) in Melbourne’s East will soon begin, thanks to a joint investment from the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments. Minister for Mental Health Gabrielle Williams today announced that the Victorian Budget 2023/24 invests $16.9 million in funding to get the service up and running, delivering 24/7 support for Victorians who need it. This funding builds on the $13 million provided by the Commonwealth for the service – which will provide comprehensive, specialist and recovery-focused treatment for Victorians aged 18 and over living with an eating disorder. The RED-TC will offer a…
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. The same neural circuitry involved in habit formation underlies binge eating disorders, according to a new study. Habits are like shortcuts for our brains. Once we form a habit—say, putting on a seat belt whenever we get into a car—the behavior becomes almost automatic in the right context. But habit formation isn’t always a boon. Using brain imaging, researchers saw differences in the neural circuitry that promotes habit formation in people with binge eating disorders, which involves consuming excessive amounts of food in a…
Executives at the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) decided to replace hotline workers with a chatbot named Tessa four days after the workers unionized. NEDA, the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to eating disorders, has had a helpline for the last twenty years that provided support to hundreds of thousands of people via chat, phone call, and text. “NEDA claims this was a long-anticipated change and that AI can better serve those with eating disorders. But do not be fooled—this isn’t really about a chatbot. This is about union busting, plain and simple,” helpline associate and union member Abbie Harper wrote…
Source: Andres Ayrton / Pexels Obesity is a complicated issue to address for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the psychological trauma of negative body image exacerbated by the damaging emphasis on certain physical traits across Western culture. The pressure from society to maintain an “ideal” weight, in order to appease a set of rules put in place by an unhealthy standard, can cause stress, depression, and destructive mental disorders. On the other side of the extreme, for those who are truly obese, there are genuine health dangers attached – ranging from diabetes and orthopedic challenges to…
Obesity is a complicated issue to address for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the psychological trauma of negative body image exacerbated by the damaging emphasis on certain physical traits across Western culture. The pressure from society to maintain an “ideal” weight, in order to appease a set of rules put in place by an unhealthy standard, can cause stress, depression, and destructive mental disorders. On the other side of the extreme, for those who are truly obese, there are genuine health dangers attached – ranging from diabetes and orthopedic challenges to artery issues, heart conditions, stroke…
Andres Ayrton / Pexels Obesity is a complicated issue to address for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the psychological trauma of negative body image exacerbated by the damaging emphasis on certain physical traits across Western culture. The pressure from society to maintain an “ideal” weight, in order to appease a set of rules put in place by an unhealthy standard, can cause stress, depression, and destructive mental disorders. On the other side of the extreme, for those who are truly obese, there are genuine health dangers attached – ranging from diabetes and orthopedic challenges to artery…
Home>InflationSurvey: Amid Inflation, Most Americans Call Healthy Food ‘a Luxury’ A new survey offers insight into Americans’ current challenges when trying to maintain access to healthy food. While most people are well aware of the importance of eating healthy food in 2023, recent findings from personal finance tool Credello reveal that 32% of Americans find it very expensive. More importantly, 61.5% of respondents called healthy food “a luxury.” The research found that eating a healthy diet costs about $1.50 more per day than eating an unhealthy diet. While that might not sound like an eye-opening figure, it nevertheless adds up…
Summer can be triggering for those who have disordered eating As the temperature rises in the summer, so can anxiety for those with an eating disorder. Between holiday cookouts and bathing suits to perfectly curated images of how others are spending their summer flooding your social media, this time of year can be triggering for those struggling with body image and eating concerns. Typically, there is an increase in high school and college students seeking eating disorder treatment during the early summer months, and this can be a result of several factors. The transition out of the school routine can…
The following eating disorder post is a personal account by Boston University student Juliya Hsiang. At Walden, we are proud to support the next generation of eating disorder recovery professionals by including occasional student blog submissions. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “quasi” is used to show that something is almost, but not completely, the thing described¹. In reference to eating disorder recovery, quasi-recovery is a point in recovery where you may have had physical restoration (includes weight restoration and/or absence of physical health complications); however, you may have not fully reached mental restoration by still holding onto some parts of the eating…