BED: A New Home-based Treatment Method

A combination of brain stimulation and attitude training reduced binge eating.   Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College, London, recently investigated the feasibility of a new…

From Across the Desk

The increasing amount of time teens and young adults spend on social networking sites has drawn increasing attention to the link between viewing and adapting disordered eating behaviors. A study at Jawaharlal…

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BMI and binge-eating behavior to BED in teens Orthorexic behavior and emotional eating among military men and women Plus Assessing growth in children with ARFID And much more…

OSFED: Better Definitions Needed

Established diagnostic criteria would help patient care and quality of life. The DSM-5 category “Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders (OSFED)” includes atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN), purging disorder (PD), night eating syndrome (NES), and…