I am very pleased to present a guest post, created by Elizabeth, a subscriber and frequent contributor to my home blog: http://www.memoirsofanaddictedbrain.com/blog ...

The New York Times describes the new movement uniting the obese and people with eating disorders. The issue that unites them is binge eating—an addictive behavior. Not all obese people are binge ...

Yes, experts classify eating disorders as mental illnesses. Experts recognise eating disorders in medical and psychiatric manuals such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ...

that their favourite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such as alcohol or ...

Alumna Maria Bazo Perez '23, Ph.D. '25 is shedding light on a demographic often left in the shadows of eating disorder ...

A decade and a half ago, TLC turned a voyeuristic lens to everyday people with unusual habits in the reality show My Strange Addiction. But the show more often than not covered obsessions rather than ...

Weight-loss drugs are increasingly being marketed to women in their 40s like me—many of whom have histories with eating ...

Eating disorders are not caused by genetics alone, but genes can play a significant role in making someone more vulnerable to developing one. Researchers do not understand the exact cause of eating ...

“It was a vicious cycle... I had to re-educate myself,” Lachlan “Lucky” Munro said of his food addiction Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021.