You and Food: Tortured Love or Healthy Union?

Eating decisions are often wildly irrational and subject to influences we are not aware of. A lot of body anxiety may underlie even what look like good food choices.

Why We Binge

The roots of overeating
by Karen Wright

Do I Look Fat In This?

Don't let body worries ruin your day in the sun.
by Hara Estroff Marano

Portrait of a Hunger Artist

True tales of anorexia
by Dr. Emily Troscianko

Are Your Food Choices Too Healthy?

Eating "right" can take a toll
by Dr Emily T. Troscianko

Using your mind (and brain) to make healthier choices

Put on your thinking cap when you make food choices.
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

Are Pesticides Killing Our Fertility?

Studies suggest an association between decreased fertility and pesticide use.
by Naveed Saleh, M.D., M.S.

Arthritis and Food: Pain Relief Through Mastication?

And the calorie count is not so bad either.
by Dr. Mark Borigini, M.D.

Should Obesity Be Called a Mental Illness?

Relationships between obesity and emotion
by Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D.

Dieting Can Make You Lose Your Mind Part 2

Semi-starvation in Arizona at Biosphere 2
by Emily Deans, M.D.

Eat Local and Laugh: Food and a Well-Lived Life

Finding a psychologically sustainable way to eat
by The Psychoanalysis 3.0 Writing, Group

Women Perform Worse When Focusing on Their Looks

Self-objectification hinders womens' performance
by Nathan A. Heflick, Ph.D.

Has Evolution Trained Our Brains to Gorge on Food and Sex?

Can dopamine receptors reveal clues about binging?
by Marnia Robinson

A question of stigma

Eating disorders are a biologically-based mental illness.
by Carrie Arnold

To Lose the Weight, You Gotta Change How You Relate (to Food)

Why behavioral skills are the key to long-term weight loss
by Melanie A. Greenberg, Ph.D.

Get Creative, Lose Weight, Find Flow & Happiness

And now for something completely different: sexy veggies?!
by Susan K. Perry, Ph.D.

Dieting Can Make You Lose Your Mind

Considering calorie restriction to lose weight? Read this post first
by Emily Deans, M.D.

Diets and Eating Disorders in a YouTube World

Dieters inevitably put on weight. But who listens?
by F. Diane Barth, L.C.S.W.

Real Housewives & Black Swan: Too Rich & Too Thin?

Do money and beauty lead to happiness?
by Melanie A. Greenberg, Ph.D.

Is Maria Shriver Anorexic?

In the current crisis, an old question arises.
by Sheila Himmel

Skinny Sweepstakes

Dieting has become a competitive sport on college campuses, as the number of women increases.
by Hara Estroff Marano

Why I Avoid Mirrors

Does your reflection hurt?
by Anneli Rufus

Manorexia

Body image issues aren't just for women
by Susan Albers, Psy.D.

Do Anorexics Ever Recover?

It's a battle, but many truly win it.
by Lauren Grunebaum, L.C.S.W.

Orthorexia: Too Healthy?

An obsessive concern with healthy eating can often lead to social isolation.
by Erik Strand

Eating Disorders

Disordered eating occurs in affluent cultures and especially in America, where anorexia nervosa (voluntary starvation) and bulimia nervosa (binge-eating followed by purging) now afflict one in ten persons.

Most are young women in their teens and 20s, but the disorders are also increasing among young men.

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