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Is binge eating a psychiatric disorder?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the American Psychiatrics Assn. considers including it in its diagnotic manual, skeptics object and possible treatments are debated. Rina Silverman's refrigerator is almost always empty. She keeps it that way to avert episodes of frantic food consumption, often at night after a full meal, in which she tastes nothing and feels nothing but can polish off a party-sized bag of chips or a container of ice cream, maybe a whole box of cereal. The food she's eating at these moments hardly matters. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Binge eating: Is it a form of addiction?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Overeaters describe cravings and benders. Experts are split. The notion that binge eating is a form of addiction comes up frequently in experts' discussions of the diagnosis. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trying to define binge eating disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many binge eaters do not fit into currently defined and accepted psychiatric illnesses. Binge eating was long seen by psychiatrists as an unusual symptom of major depression or an anxiety disorder. After all, it seemed sometimes to lessen or yield to antidepressants and psychotherapy -- both aimed primarily at treating depression or anxiety. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Puberty and the genetic diathesis of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Twin studies from the Minnesota Twin Family Study (MTFS) suggest negligible genetic effects on eating pathology before puberty but increased genetic effects during puberty. However, an independent study found no pubertal differences in genetic and environmental effects (R. Rowe, A. Pickles, E. Simonoff, C. M. Bulik, & J. L. Silberg, 2002). Discrepant results may be due to methodological differences. The MTFS studies divided twins at mid-puberty, whereas R. Rowe et al. (2002) divided twins based on menarche alone. In the present study, the authors aimed to reconcile discrepant findings by examining differences in etiologic ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Culbert, Kristen M.; Burt, S. Alexandra; McGue, Matthew; Iacono, William G.; Klump, Kelly L. Source Type: journals

Genetic and environmental influences on disordered eating: An adoption study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Twin studies indicate significant genetic, but little shared environmental, influences on eating disorders. However, critics argue that study limitations constrain the conclusions that can be drawn. Adoption studies avoid many of these limitations, but to date, no adoption studies of eating pathology have been conducted. The current study was the first adoption study to examine genetic/environmental effects for disordered eating. Participants included 123 adopted and 56 biological female sibling pairs. Disordered eating (i.e., overall eating pathology, body dissatisfaction, weight preoccupation, binge eating) was assessed ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Klump, Kelly L.; Suisman, Jessica L.; Burt, S. Alexandra; McGue, Matt; Iacono, William G. Source Type: journals

Men & Binge Eating DisorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Did you ever wonder if your tendency to mindlessly overeat was just annoying or an actual problem? If so, don't feel bad. In our culture, it is sometimes difficult to determine. You often look to your weight as a diagnostic tool to say whether you are unhealthy or healthy. But, as a guest on Dr. Oz's TV show learned, your weight is only one piece of the puzzle. A doctor can help you look a little closer to what is going on inside your body. "Rocco" was a guest on the Dr. Oz show last week (See the video clip). This 53 year old man took a 28 day challenge that transformed him from a meat eating cowboy to a ve...
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - November 9, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Susan Albers, Psy.D. Tags: Diet acid reflux age group arteries binge eating disorder blood sugar cheerful man diagnostic tool dr oz dr roizen Dr. Oz Dr. Susan Albers eating disorders frie grandchildren guru mindful eating percentile piece of the Source Type: consumer

[Review] Chronic dopaminergic stimulation in Parkinson's disease: from dyskinesias to impulse control disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dopamine is an essential neurotransmitter for many brain functions, and its dysfunction has been implicated in both neurological and psychiatric disorders. Parkinson's disease is an archetypal disorder of dopamine dysfunction characterised by motor, cognitive, behavioural, and autonomic symptoms. While effective for motor symptoms, dopamine replacement therapy is associated not only with motor side-effects, such as levodopa-induced dyskinesia, but also behavioural side-effects such as impulse control disorders (eg, pathological gambling and shopping, binge eating, and hypersexuality), punding (ie, abnormal repetitive non-g...
Source: Lancet Neurology - November 9, 2009 Category: Neurology Authors: Valerie Voon, Pierre-Olivier Fernagut, Jeff Wickens, Christelle Baunez, Manuel Rodriguez, Nancy Pavon, Jorge L Juncos, José A Obeso, Erwan Bezard Tags: Review Source Type: journals

Eating Disturbances Among Adolescent Schoolgirls In Jordan.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Eating disturbances were prevalent among the present population sample. Participants have been more preoccupied with their body weight due to socio-cultural norms that are reinforced by media messages. Further research is needed to develop intervention programs to control eating disorders occurrence in Jordan. PMID: 19900499 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Appetite)
Source: Appetite - November 6, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Mousa TY, Al-Domi HA, Mashal RH, Jibril MA Tags: Appetite Source Type: journals

Immediate Pleasures and Future Consequences: A Neuropsychological Study of Binge Eating and Obesity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Longitudinal data indicate that our capacity for adaptive self-regulation is a relatively stable predisposition that appears in childhood and predicts future life successes. In 2004, we published the first study demonstrating decision-making deficits in overweight/obese adult women. The present study is an extension of these findings. We assessed obese women with (n=65) and without (n=73) binge eating disorder (BED), and a group (n=71) of normal weight women, on two neuropsychological tests: the Iowa Gambling Task and a Delay Discounting measure. The BED and obese groups had worse performance scores on both tasks compa...
Source: Appetite - November 4, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Davis C, Patte K, Curtis C, Reid C Tags: Appetite Source Type: journals

The Efficacy of Self-Help Group Treatment and Therapist-Led Group Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions Therapist-led group cognitive-behavioral treatment for binge eating disorder led to higher binge eating abstinence rates, greater reductions in binge eating frequency, and lower attrition compared to group self-help treatment. Although these findings indicate that therapist delivery of group treatment is associated with better short-term outcome and less attrition than self-help treatment, the lack of group differences at follow-up suggests that self-help group treatment may be a viable alternative to therapist-led interventions. PMID: 19884223 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - November 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peterson CB, Mitchell JE, Crow SJ, Crosby RD, Wonderlich SA Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: journals

A pilot study of interpersonal psychotherapy for preventing excess weight gain in adolescent girls at-risk for obesityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is effective at reducing binge episodes and inducing weight stabilization in obese adults with binge eating disorder.We piloted the administration of IPT to girls at-risk for excess weight gain (BMI 75th-97th percentile; IPT-WG) with and without loss of control (LOC) eating. Thirty-eight girls (12-17 years) were randomized to IPT-WG or a standard-of-care health education group.All 38 girls completed the programs and all follow-up visits through 6 months. Thirty-five of 38 returned for a complete assessment visit at 1 year. Among girls with baseline LOC (n = 20), those in IPT-WG experienced...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - October 31, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, Denise E. Wilfley, Jami F. Young, Laura Mufson, Susan Z. Yanovski, Deborah R. Glasofer, Christine G. Salaita, Natasha A. Schvey Source Type: journals

Midwifery Management of the Woman With an Eating Disorder in the Antepartum PeriodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A 21-year-old gravida 1, para 0 at 11 weeks and 4/7 days by last normal menstrual period presented to our clinic for prenatal care. She has never had a serious illness, surgery, or hospitalization. Her family history was positive for chronic depression and substance abuse. Her psychological history was positive for bulimia nervosa, which she reported first developing at 18 years of age. Although she had been working with a therapist for the past couple of years, she reported binge eating 1 to 2 times a week and compensatory behaviors, including excessive exercise, laxative use, fasting, and self-induced vomiting. She denie...
Source: Journal of midwifery & women's health - October 30, 2009 Category: Midwifery Authors: Cory Cantrell, Tarra Kelley, Tanya McDermott Tags: Clinical Rounds Source Type: journals

Binge eating, purging, or both: Eating disorder psychopathology findings from an internet community surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to compare bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and purging disorder (PD) on clinically significant variables and examine the utility of once versus twice-weekly diagnostic thresholds for disturbed eating behaviors.234 women with BN, BED, or PD were identified through self-report measures via an online survey and categorized based on either once-weekly or twice-weekly disturbed eating behaviors.BN emerged as a more severe disorder than BED and PD. The three groups differed significantly in self-reported restraint and disinhibition and the BN and BED groups reported higher levels of depression...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - October 28, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Christina A. Roberto, Carlos M. Grilo, Robin M. Masheb, Marney A. White Source Type: journals

Binging's in the Eye of the BeholderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here's something I hadn't thought about before. The definition of binge-eating disorder (BED) says that binges involve eating more food than most people would expect you to eat in a relatively short time. So what if all of the people in your world don't find your eating out of the ordinary? Another way of asking this question: Could the definition of BED be culturally-dependent? A blurb about a recent study suggests that black women meet BED criteria less often than white women. One of the project's researchers says, "These (black) women could be binge eating, but they may have less anxiety and distress surrounding their ...
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - October 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: consumer

Binge eating trendsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Existing research shows that rates of binge eating among adult women is virtually identical across race. However, among college age women, it's a different story: Caucasian women are more apt to exhibit binge eating behaviors than African American women, as per a research studypresented at this month's annual scientific meeting of the Obesity Society........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - October 26, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

Pinpointing When Rates Of Binge Eating Converge Across RacesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Existing research shows that rates of binge eating among adult women is virtually identical across race. However, among college age women, it's a different story: Caucasian women are more apt to exhibit binge eating behaviors than African American women, according to a study presented at this month's annual scientific meeting of the Obesity Society. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 26, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eating Disorders Source Type: news

Treatment A-ZEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"What works?"That's the most common, and most painful question my daughter, Lisa, is getting as we give talks about our book, HUNGRY: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia (Berkley/Penguin, 2009). www.sheilahimmel.comIt is usually asked by a distraught parent, but we've had lots of uncles, aunts and family friends. Rarely does this get asked by the person suffering from anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder and/or obesity, even if that person is sitting right there. We wish we knew."What should we do now?" When we were desperate for help, during Lisa's darkest days, Ned and I asked ourselves constantly. What we really wa...
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Sheila Himmel Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Happiness Health Neuroscience Therapy anorexia and bulimia anorexia bulimia B vitamins binge eating disorder brain function cognitive behavior therapy dangerous cult darkest days daughter lisa distraught Source Type: consumer

Crossing pathsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Temple University) Existing research has shown that rates of binge eating are almost identical between white and African-American adult women. A study from Temple University finds that among college age women, rates are higher among Caucasian women. When do rates begin to match up, and why? (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 25, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

The significance of overvaluation of shape and weight in binge eating disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study sought to further explore the convergent validity and diagnostic specificity of shape and weight overvaluation in BED. A total of 160 women with BED, and 108 women with non-eating disordered psychiatric disorders were recruited from the community. Women with BED were classified as more or less severe based on a global measure of eating-related psychopathology; subsequent receiver operating characteristics analysis determined that a threshold of at least "moderate" overvaluation best predicted membership into a more severe group. BED participants with threshold overvaluation exhibited poorer psychosocial function...
Source: Behaviour Research and Therapy - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goldschmidt AB, Hilbert A, Manwaring JL, Wilfley DE, Pike KM, Fairburn CG, Striegel-Moore RH Tags: Behav Res Ther Source Type: journals

A comparison of borderline personality disorder with and without eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the degree to which an eating disorder (ED) is associated with the recurrence and severity of suicide attempts, non-suicidal self-injury, rates of co-occurring Axis I and II disorders, and psychosocial functioning among Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) outpatients. A group of 135 treatment-seeking women with BPD were assessed using structured clinical interviews. BPD was assessed using the International Personality Disorders Examination, confirmed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID)-II, and Axis I disorders were assessed with the SCID I. A total of 17.8% of the sample met criteri...
Source: Psychiatry Research - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Eunice Yu Chen, Milton Z. Brown, Melanie S. Harned, Marsha Marie Linehan Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Eating-disordered behavior in Australian and Singaporean women: A comparative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We used the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) to compare the specific eating disorder psychopathology of young adult women in Australia (n = 339) and Singapore (n = 164). All participants completed a brief questionnaire that included the EDE-Q, basic socio-demographic information, and self-reported height and weight.Overall levels of eating disorder psychopathology, as measured by the EDE-Q global score, were very similar. There were also no differences between groups on the EDE-Q subscales. However, analysis at the item level indicated that Singaporean women were more fearful of losing control over their e...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - October 20, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jonathan M. Mond, Anna Chen, Rajeev Kumar Source Type: journals

Accuracy of Self-reported Weight and Height in Binge Eating Disorder: Misreport Is Not Related to Psychological Factors.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the degree of misreport in weight, height, and BMI among overweight adults (n = 392) with binge eating disorder (BED) and tested whether the degree of misreport was associated with eating disorder psychopathology and psychological variables. Male (n = 97) and female (n = 295) participants self-reported height and weight, and were subsequently measured by clinic staff. Participants also completed a series of diagnostic interviews and self-report assessments. Discrepancies between self-reported and measured values were modest. The degree of misreport for weight, height, and BMI was not related to eating d...
Source: Obesity - October 14, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: White MA, Masheb RM, Grilo CM Tags: Obesity (Silver Spring) Source Type: journals

Boehringer Ingelheim receives approval from the European Commission for Mirapexin®/Sifrol® prolonged-release, once daily tablet for the treatment of Parkinson`s diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ingelheim/Germany, 14 October 2009 – Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the Mirapexin®/Sifrol® (pramipexole) new prolonged-release, once daily tablet has been granted marketing authorisation by the European Commission in all EU/EEA*) countries for the treatment of early and advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD). The approval was based on the submission of clinical trial results showing that the new formulation can offer an efficacy and safety profile comparable to the immediate release tablet taken three times daily.1-6 In addition to clinical trial results that confirm the important therapeutic bene...
Source: Boehringer Ingelheim RSS-Newsfeed - October 14, 2009 Category: Research Source Type: organizations

Boehringer Ingelheim receives approval from the European Commission for Mirapexin®/Sifrol® prolonged-release, once daily tablet for the treatment of Parkinson`s diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ingelheim/Germany, 14 October 2009 - Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the Mirapexin®/Sifrol® (pramipexole) new prolonged-release, once daily tablet has been granted marketing authorisation by the European Commission in all EU/EEA*) countries for the treatment of early and advanced idiopathic Parkinson`s disease (PD). The approval was based on the submission of clinical trial results showing that the new formulation can offer an efficacy and safety profile comparable to the immediate release tablet taken three times daily.1-6 In addition to clinical trial results that confirm the important therapeutic be...
Source: Boehringer Ingelheim RSS-Newsfeed - October 14, 2009 Category: Research Source Type: organizations

Salience of loss of control for pediatric binge episodes: Does size really matter?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The subjective experience of loss of control (LOC) during eating, independent of overeating, may be a salient marker of disordered eating and risk for overweight in youth. However, few studies have directly tested this notion in an adequately powered sample.Three-hundred-sixty-seven youth (M ± SD age = 12.7 ± 2.8 y) were categorized as reporting objective binge eating (OBE; 12.5%), subjective binge eating (SBE; 11.4%), objective overeating without LOC (OO; 18.5%), or no episodes (NE; 57.5%). Disordered eating attitudes, general psychopathology, and adiposity were assessed.Children with OBE and SBE generally did not diffe...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - October 13, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Lauren B. Shomaker, Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, Camden Elliott, Laura E. Wolkoff, Kelli M. Columbo, Lisa M. Ranzenhofer, Caroline A. Roza, Susan Z. Yanovski, Jack A. Yanovski Source Type: journals

Bulimia, Binge Eating Respond to Talk TherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
10/06/2009, Cochrane Library, Although most people with bulimia and binge eating disorders wait many years before seeking help, a new review shows that psychological treatment can make a large difference. (Source: Health Behavior News Service)
Source: Health Behavior News Service - October 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Eating Disorders in Children and AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Eating problems are common in children and adolescents, and eating disorders typically have their onset during these developmental periods.1 Anorexia nervosa is a serious and potentially life-threatening disorder associated with severe food restriction, overexercise, malnutrition, and distorted thinking about body shape and weight. The typical age of onset is early adolescence (ages 12 to 15 years). Bulimia nervosa is characterized by periods of restriction followed by binge eating and purging behaviors (eg, vomiting, laxative use, overexercise) and often begins during middle adolescence (ages 15 to 17 years). A variety of...
Source: Psychiatric Times - October 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: info

Bulimia, Binge Eating Respond To Talk TherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although most people with bulimia and binge eating disorders wait many years before seeking help, a new review shows that psychological treatment can make a large difference and that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective talk therapy for these disorders. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 8, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eating Disorders Source Type: news

Body dissatisfaction moderates weight curves in the inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To examine whether drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, and restrictive/binge eating-purging subtype at admission moderates the weight curves of patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) over the course of inpatient treatment.The nature of weight curves, individual differences herein and moderating factors are examined in 92 AN patients by means of multilevel modeling.The average weight curve of AN patients is characterized by a linear weight increase during treatment that levels off near the end of treatment. Substantial individual differences exist in the shape of patients' weight curves. Patients with stronger body dissa...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - October 7, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Kristof Vansteelandt, Guido Pieters, Johan Vanderlinden, Michel Probst Source Type: journals

Disordered eating in adulthood is associated with reported weight loss attempts in childhoodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To determine whether history of attempted weight loss in childhood (age [le]12 years) is associated with binge eating disorder (BED) and unhealthy weight loss behaviors in adults.Cross-sectional analysis from baseline visit data of 588 participants of a clinical trial. Data were collected from survey answers on health status, nutritional status, weight loss history, and weight loss behaviors.History of childhood weight loss attempts was associated with high odds of BED in adults (odds ratio [OR] 3.4; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.8-6.3) and high odds of unhealthy weight loss behaviors (OR 2.3; 95% CI 1.2, 2.6). A linear t...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - October 7, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Tamar B. Rubinstein, Aileen P. McGinn, Rachel P. Wildman, Judith Wylie-Rosett Source Type: journals

Dysregulated eating behaviors in borderline personality disorder: Are rejection sensitivity and emotion dysregulation linking mechanisms?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often engage in dysregulated eating behaviors, such as binge-eating and purging. Rejection sensitivity, or the tendency to worry about and expect rejection in most situations, may be involved in this relationship by increasing the intensity and frequency of emotion dysregulation.Using a sample which included individuals diagnosed with BPD, a structural equation model was constructed using BPD symptoms and measures of rejection sensitivity, emotion dysregulation, and dysregulated eating behaviors.The hypothesized model was supported in which BPD symptoms predicted high ...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - October 5, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Edward A. Selby, Anne C. Ward, Thomas E. Joiner Jr. Source Type: journals

Bulimia, Binge Eating Respond to Talk TherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
October 6, 2009 (Newswise) - Although most people with bulimia and binge eating disorders wait many years before seeking help, a new review shows that psychological treatment can make a large difference — and that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective talk therapy for these disorders. People with bulimia experience cycles of disordered eating behavior in which they overeat and then purge, often by self-induced vomiting or taking laxatives. Binge eating disorder includes bouts of overeating, but without purging, and researchers have linked it to obesity. Eating disorders are most common in women, w...
Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - October 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: info

Factor Structure of the Eating Disorder Examination Interview in Patients With Binge-eating Disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Despite the widespread use of the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) as a primary assessment instrument in studies of eating and weight disorders, little is known about the psychometric aspects of this interview measure. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the factor structure of the EDE interview in a large series of patients with binge-eating disorder (BED). Participants were 688 treatment-seeking patients with BED who were reliably administered the EDE interview by trained research clinicians at three research centers. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) performed on EDE interview data from a random split...
Source: Obesity - September 30, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Grilo CM, Crosby RD, Peterson CB, Masheb RM, White MA, Crow SJ, Wonderlich SA, Mitchell JE Tags: Obesity (Silver Spring) Source Type: journals

Treating Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating: An Integrated Metacognitive and Cognitive Therapy Manual: Myra Cooper, Gillian Todd & Adrian Wells [Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Psychiatric Bulletin)
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Morris, J. Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

Klarman Family Foundation Grants Program in Eating Disorders ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Klarman Family Foundation is interested in providing strategic investment in translational research that will accelerate progress in developing effective treatments for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The Program's short-term goal is to support the most outstanding science and expand the pool of scientists whose research explores the basic biology of eating disorders. The long-term goal is to improve the lives of patients suffering from these conditions.Examples of funding areas include but are not limited to molecular genetic analysis of relevant neural circuit assembly and function; anim...
Source: ScanGrants feed - September 25, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Klarman Family Foundation Source Type: funding

Breastfeeding practice in mothers with eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of breastfeeding in women with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and eating disorders not otherwise specified [ndash] purging subtype, with mothers with no eating disorders during the first 6 months after birth. The study is based on the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study conducted at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Questionnaire-based information on eating disorder diagnoses and breastfeeding in 39 355 women was used to estimate the risk of cessation of breastfeeding with Cox proportional hazards regression. Almost all women (98%...
Source: Maternal and Child Nutrition - September 23, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Leila Torgersen, Eivind Ystrom, Margaretha Haugen, Helle M. Meltzer, Ann Von Holle, Cecilie Knoph Berg, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Cynthia M. Bulik Source Type: journals

Decision-making impairments in women with Binge Eating Disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Even though eating is frequently driven by overindulgence and reward rather than by energy balance, few studies so far have analyzed decision-making processes and disturbances in feedback processing in women with binge eating disorder (BED). In an experimental study, 17 women with BED (DSM-IV) and 18 overweight healthy controls (HC) were compared in the Game of Dice Task (GDT). This task assesses decision-making under risk with explicit rules for gains and losses. Additionally, differences in dispositional activation of the behavior inhibition and behavior approach system as well as cognitive flexibility were measured....
Source: Appetite - September 23, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Svaldi J, Brand M, Tuschen-Caffier B Tags: Appetite Source Type: journals

How it feels to eat againEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Saturday 19th July 2008: ‘11 pm, 39 kg. I am terrified. Not least by my great hunger. Why eat more if it just makes you hungrier? But I'm calm too. I've done, so far, just what I'm meant to. For the first time in years, I ate a ‘meal' outside and in the daylight.'This was how my diary entry began on the first day when I ate 500 calories more than my usual amount, according to the plan of measured weight gain agreed at the eating-disorders clinic: eating that much more, one gains approximately half a kilo per week. For weeks after, that terrifying hunger, on and off all of the time, was the most real consequence of my n...
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - September 21, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Emily Troscianko Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Happiness Health Resilience Self-Help Therapy anorexia nervosa calories consequence diary entry eating disorders clinic front porch great hunger kg kilo mistress pleasure recovery regime simple Source Type: consumer

Gay, bisexual teens at risk for eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers may be at higher risk of binge-eating and purging than their heterosexual peers, starting as early as age 12, a new study finds. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Gay, Bisexual Teens at Risk for Eating DisordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers may be at higher risk of binge-eating and purging than their heterosexual peers, starting as early as age 12, a new study finds. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Topics: Eating Disorders, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Health, Teen Health (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - September 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

New One Stop Resource for Everything About Eating DisordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Eating Disorder Hope (www.eatingdisorderhope.com), A New One-Stop Resource for Everything About Eating Disorders, Seeks to End Eating Disordered Behavior Fort Worth, Texas (August 25, 2009) – Millions of Americans suffer from eating disorders and many don’t know where to turn to for help. Jacquelyn Ekern, a licensed counselor and founder of Eating Disorder Hope, launched the site, www.eatingdisorderhope.com, to provide a comprehensive resource for support, referrals and education about eating disorders. “My past battle with and recovery from an eating disorder fueled my passion to help others,” said Ekern. ...
Source: Eating Disorder Hope - September 13, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Mary Anne Morrow Tags: anorexia|bulimia|binge eating disorder|eating disorders not otherwise specified Source Type: consumer

Rats With Part of Brain Deactivated Move Toward Food But Do Not EatEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Using an animal model of binge eating, researchers discovered that deactivating the basolateral amygdala, a brain region involved in regulating emotion, specifically blocked consumption of a fatty diet. Surprisingly, it had no effect on the rat wanting to look for the food repeatedly. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 9, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: news

MU Researchers Better Understand The Brain Circuit That Controls Binge EatingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scientists led a rat to the fatty food, but they couldn't make it eat. Using an animal model of binge eating, University of Missouri researchers discovered that deactivating the basolateral amygdala, a brain region involved in regulating emotion, specifically blocked consumption of a fatty diet. Surprisingly, it had no effect on the rat wanting to look for the food repeatedly. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 9, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eating Disorders Source Type: news

Rats move toward the food but do not eatEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(University of Missouri-Columbia) Using an animal model of binge eating, University of Missouri researchers discovered that deactivating the basolateral amygdala, a brain region involved in regulating emotion, specifically blocked consumption of a fatty diet. Surprisingly, it had no effect on the rat wanting to look for the food repeatedly. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Comprehensive interview assessment of eating behavior 18-35 months after gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: A substantial subgroup of patients with a preoperative eating disorder will develop binge eating after surgery that might be associated with less weight loss. A subsample will start vomiting for weight and shape reasons after bariatric surgery. Clinicians must probe carefully for these behaviors postoperatively to identify patients in need of treatment of pathological eating behaviors. PMID: 19837012 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery)
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - September 2, 2009 Category: Surgery Authors: de Zwaan M, Hilbert A, Swan-Kremeier L, Simonich H, Lancaster K, Howell LM, Monson T, Crosby RD, Mitchell JE Tags: Surg Obes Relat Dis Source Type: journals

[Evaluation of the utility of a Nutrition Education Program with Eating Disorders.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The Nutritional Education Programme carried out by qualified professionals should be a part of Eating Disorders treatment, along with medical and psychological monitoring and as part of an interdisciplinary, multiprofessional team effort. PMID: 19893866 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria)
Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria - September 1, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Loria Kohen V, Gómez Candela C, Lourenço Nogueira T, Pérez Torres A, Castillo Rabaneda R, Villarino Marin M, Bermejo López L, Zurita L Tags: Nutr Hosp Source Type: journals

Psychological and behavioral correlates of excess weight: Misperception of obese status among persons with Class II obesityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined psychological and behavioral correlates of weight status perception in 173 Class II obese adult community volunteers.Participants completed the Eating Disorder Examination-Self-Report (EDE-Q), Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ), Beck Depression Inventory, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale online. Key items assessed dieting frequency, weight history, and perceived current weight status (normal weight, overweight, or obese). Actual weight status was determined using NIDDK/CDC classification schemes.Among participants with Class II obesity, 50.9% incorrectly classified their weight as overweight versus...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - August 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Megan Jones, Carlos M. Grilo, Robin M. Masheb, Marney A. White Source Type: journals

Mobile therapy: Use of text-messaging in the treatment of bulimia nervosaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To examine a text-messaging program for self-monitoring symptoms of bulimia nervosa (BN) within the context of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).Thirty-one women participated in 12 weekly group CBT sessions and a 12 week follow-up. Participants submitted a text message nightly indicating the number of binge eating and purging episodes and rating their urges to binge and purge. Automatic feedback messages were tailored to their self-reported symptoms.Fully 87% of participants adhered to self-monitoring and reported good acceptability. The number of binge eating and purging episodes as well as symptoms of depression (BDI), ...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - August 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jennifer R. Shapiro, Stephanie Bauer, Ellen Andrews, Emily Pisetsky, Brendan Bulik-Sullivan, Robert M. Hamer, Cynthia M. Bulik Source Type: journals

Self-reported weight gain following smoking cessation: A function of binge eating behaviorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated patterns of self-reported weight gain following smoking cessation among overweight individuals with and without binge eating.Participants were 103 overweight (BMI [ge] 25) community volunteers who completed a battery of questionnaires online. Key items queried smoking cessation history and weight gain in the year following cessation. Participants were classified as nonbinge eating overweight (NBO, n = 56) or binge eating disorder (BED, n = 47).BED participants were significantly more likely to report weight gain in the year following smoking cessation than NBO participants. After controlling for cur...
Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders - August 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Marney A. White, Robin M. Masheb, Carlos M. Grilo Source Type: journals