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What is the most important information I should know about medications to treat binge eating disorder? Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine) is the only FDA-approved medication to treat binge eating disorder. You should not take lisdexamfetamine if:you are hypersensitive to amphetamine products; oryou have used a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) within the previous 14 days. Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder in the United States. It is a psychiatric condition that requires treatment, says Janet Lydecker, PhD, director of the Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research (POWER) at Yale School of Medicine. While most people occasionally overeat or find…
Updated May 3, 2023, 13:57 ISTWomen with higher BMI experience emotional challenges in coping with action-oriented planning, leading to increased emotional overeating compared to men. Study also showed changes in certain brain regions linked to higher levels of compulsive eating. Findings indicate the necessity for a more personalized approach to treating obesity, accommodating one’s emotional state. The study found that certain brain signals associated with obesity could be gender-specific, and that different factors can be responsible for weight gain in men and women. (Image from Pexels)Women are more prone to experience emotional eating in comparison to men, revealed a study…
CNN — Former first lady Michelle Obama announced Wednesday the launch of a healthy food and beverage company she co-founded to offer parents “healthier, great-tasting products” for their children. “I’ve learned that on this issue, if you want to change the game, you can’t just work from the outside. You’ve got to get inside—you’ve got to find ways to change the food and beverage industry itself,” Obama said in a speech at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival. “I’m proud to announce the national launch of a company designed not just to provide better products, but to jumpstart…
In 2024, about 39 percent of respondents in the United States that the term “fresh” best defines healthy food to them. This was the most frequently chosen definition. The term “low in sugar” was the third most frequently chosen definition for healthy foods, with nearly 37 percent of respondents choosing this definition.Healthy eating patterns in the U.S.High-protein and mindful eating are the two most common eating patterns among U.S. consumers. These two eating patterns are followed by about 20 and 18 percent of surveyed consumers, respectively. Other popular eating patterns included intermittent fasting, calorie-counting, and clean eating. Among those consumers…
An overview of eating disorders and the risks they pose is presented in this article, along with details of new guidance on recognising and managing medical emergencies in people with eating disorders. This is a Journal Club article and comes with a handout that you can download and distribute for a journal club discussion. The NT Journal Club offers an opportunity to reflect on practice, share insights and ideas in a relaxed and sociable setting, and gain participatory CPD hours towards revalidation. Click here to find out about the NT Journal Club and for more journal club articles to discuss. Abstract…
An overview of eating disorders and the risks they pose is presented in this article, along with details of new guidance on recognising and managing medical emergencies in people with eating disorders. This is a Journal Club article and comes with a handout that you can download and distribute for a journal club discussion.The NT Journal Club offers an opportunity to reflect on practice, share insights and ideas in a relaxed and sociable setting, and gain participatory CPD hours towards revalidation. Click here to find out about the NT Journal Club and for more journal club articles to discuss.https://www.nursingtimes.net/clinical-archive/substance-misuse/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-for-people-with-ptsd-and-substance-use-09-05-2022/AbstractEating disorders are…
Our relationships with food can be deep-seated and complex. When you feel low, do you reach for a friendly pint of ice cream? If you’re angry, does a bag of chips take the edge off? “Sometimes people eat because they feel empty or emotionally deprived. They use food for comfort instead of nourishment,” says Lindsey King, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend’s weight loss surgery program in Springfield, Oregon. There’s a distinct difference between needing and wanting to eat, King adds. “Physical hunger develops over time, first with tummy rumblings, then grumbles, then…
The neural circuits that form habits in the brain are altered in patients with binge eating disorder (BED), compared to those of patients without such disorders, according to new research led by the Perelman School of Medicine. The findings are published in Science Translational Medicine. Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News “This research is the first step in illustrating how complicated conditions like binge eating are—these patients’ brains are wired differently,” says author Casey Halpern, an associate professor of neurosurgery and chief of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at Penn Medicine and the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center.…
Teen eating disorders have never been this rampant — or this severe. Hospitalizations for eating disorders spiked during the pandemic, doubling among adolescent girls, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While most teens have returned to a normal life of in-person school, sports and social activities, eating disorders, especially anorexia, remain at an all-time high, experts warn.“The kids are not OK,” said Melissa Freizinger, the associate director of the eating disorder program at Boston Children’s Hospital. “As the pandemic started and then progressed, we kept thinking, ‘Oh, it’s going to get better in 2022. Oh, it’s going to…
The pandemic worsened the incidence of anxiety and depression — both are risk factors for triggering or worsening eating disorders. While eating disorder-related visits dipped slightly after a peak in 2021, they’re nowhere near pre-pandemic levels as adolescents and younger teens cope with the after-effects of Covid, such as grieving for family members who have died, falling behind in school or losing touch with friends. And the patients coming in with eating disorders are in more serious condition now, with both mental and physical symptoms appearing more urgent, experts say. “They’re sicker than before, and they’re more complicated than they…