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16th English poet Edmund Spenser, author of “The Fairie Queene” and the phrase “loathsome Gluttony” Source: WikimediaCommons.org/Public Domain The glutton, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, from the Latin word “to gulp down or swallow,” is someone “who eats to excess or takes pleasure in immoderate eating.” John Milton, in his Paradise Regain’d (1671) wrote of “sumptuous gluttonies, and glorious feasts.” But it is Edmund Spenser’s description of “loathsome Gluttony,” in his The Faerie Queene (1590), or Shakespeare’s “Gluttonlike she feeds, yet never filleth” from his poem Venus and Adonis, that best captures certain aspects of those who have binge-eating…

16th English poet Edmund Spenser, author of “The Fairie Queene” and the phrase “loathsome Gluttony” Source: WikimediaCommons.org/Public Domain The glutton, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, from the Latin word “to gulp down or swallow,” is someone “who eats to excess or takes pleasure in immoderate eating.” John Milton, in his Paradise Regain’d (1671) wrote of “sumptuous gluttonies, and glorious feasts.” But it is Edmund Spenser’s description of “loathsome Gluttony,” in his The Faerie Queene (1590), or Shakespeare’s “Gluttonlike she feeds, yet never filleth” from his poem Venus and Adonis, that best captures certain aspects of those who have binge-eating…

Weight loss: Gain control of emotional eatingFind out how emotional eating can sabotage your weight-loss efforts, and get tips to get control of your eating habits.By Mayo Clinic Staff Sometimes the strongest food cravings hit when you’re at your weakest point emotionally. You may turn to food for comfort — consciously or unconsciously — when facing a difficult problem, feeling stressed or even feeling bored. Emotional eating can sabotage your weight-loss efforts. It often leads to eating too much — especially too much of high-calorie, sweet and fatty foods. The good news is that if you’re prone to emotional eating,…

This article has the following learning objectives: 1 Describe the oral, psychological and systemic complications of eating disorders 2 Recognise the warning signs of eating disorders 3 Describe an evidencebased dental care and support protocol for patients with eating disorders 4 Increased awareness of resources for individuals with eating disorders. Several years ago, a concerned patient confided in me that her teenaged daughter was recovering from an eating disorder, and she asked me to be vigilant for oral signs of relapse. Of course I readily agreed; as a dental hygienist, I was in an ideal position to detect oral signs…

Researchers at Wageningen UR said that the elderly too often were seen as a homogenous group by food companies. As the population ages, product developers and marketers should consider the specific emotional needs and preferences of older people.In a study published in the journal Appetite, ​the researchers identified four consumer segments among vital Dutch elderly people living in the community, based on their emotional responses to mealtimes.“Previous research into the eating habits of elderly people paid very little attention to emotions, despite the fact that the emotional aspect seems to become more important as people age,”​ said Louise den Uijl,…

What does it mean to be flexible? Believe it or not, this seemingly straightforward question is actually quite difficult to answer. Some people are flexible when it comes to changing dinner plans. Others have great physical flexibility that allows them to perform incredible athletic feats (see my friend below). And other folks can promptly switch between using different languages. And so on. One particular kind of flexibility that is of great interest to affective scientists is emotion regulation flexibility. In a nutshell, this flexibility captures people’s ability to use different emotion regulation strategies as the environment changes. This is important…

Scientists and engineers in Europe are embarking on a quest to see if they can change the way young people at risk for becoming obese eat. Key to this will be developing unobtrusive technology that monitors how quickly or slowly a person is eating and guides them toward a healthier pace. “It’s a behavioral issue,” explains Anastasios Delopoulos, the project leader and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Greece. When a person begins to eat they typically begin at a high rate and slow down until they feel full. “It’s similar to…

What you hold in your hands is more than just a book that can change your life for ever. It is a system that has taken me minutes to cobble together. So hold the book in your right hand while you listen to the hHypnotic trance on the CD. Allow yourself to experience the massive sense of relief … when it ends.This book will take you on an extraordinary journey. To the charity shop where you will find all the other diet books that people buy in January and throw away in February. I’ve already written two books that have helped literally billions of people lose weight,…

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The second area of study sought to assess how useful the proposed breathing exercises were at combating stress and emotional eating through surveys. 87.5 percent of participants said that they were becoming more aware of their emotional triggers, but only 37.5 percent reported that their eating behaviours changed as a result. The volunteers were invited to suggest alternative interventions, with ideas such as distracting funny content, meditation, brain teasers, and calling a friend emerging. The third part dealt involved the development of a bra-mounted wearable sensor system that gathered EKG and EDA data in order to monitor the emotional state…