Binge eating, especially on high-fat, high-sugar foods, can rewire the brain and alter behavior, leading to compulsive food-seeking and a greater likelihood of overeating instead of under-eating when ...

Snack fever sets in — do you succumb, or shake it off? For those who can’t seem to quit noshing on junk, experts say they have just the thing to break the cycle — a practice known as mindful eating.

Many people experience occasional episodes of binging, “loss of control eating” or emotional eating. But if these episodes ...

Binge-eating disorder (BED) is characterized by recurrent binge-eating episodes not followed by the regular use of compensatory behaviors. Research indicates a lifetime prevalence of 0.42 percent in ...

Do calorie labels help or harm eating disorder patients? Calorie labelling in restaurants may benefit binge eating behaviors ...

A recent study published in the journal Appetite investigates the extent to which body mass index (BMI) is associated with progression from binge-eating behavior to binge-eating disorder (BED). Study: ...

A study from Florida State University uncovers biological and behavioral consequences of weight loss underlying binge-eating in women with bulimia nervosa and related syndromes. The work is published ...

Binge eating disorder (BED) is a disorder that includes recurrent episodes of binge eating for at least two days a week over the course of at least six months. 1 A binge eating episode is defined as ...

Bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are both types of eating disorders. Both may start during adolescence and involve eating large amounts of food in a short period, but they have important ...

Examples of disordered eating habits include binge eating, fasting, and avoiding a whole food group. Doctors do not clinically define disordered eating as an eating disorder, but it does increase the ...