Like so many things on social media, patients invented the term before medicine did. They called it “food noise.” They weren’t talking about ordinary hunger. They were describing something more ...

Geneen Roth says compulsive eating was never really about food. For decades, she battled yo-yo dieting, body shame, and emotional pain. After gaining and losing 1,000 pounds, she changed her mindset.

Martha Hutton alleged that her son Lee Massie-Hardy, who had Prader-Willi Syndrome, died after eating unrefrigerated perishables stored in his room Chiara Kim is an Editorial Assistant, Food at PEOPLE ...

MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND WE’RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER, WHICH IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISREPRESENTED. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THAT ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ...

The image looks like a slice of highly marbled flesh, reminiscent of a high-end steak with abundant fine-grained streaks of fat. But that’s not dinner. It’s an MRI scan of the thigh of a 62-year-old ...

Compulsive traits are tendencies to repeat patterned behaviours. They are often seen in psychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), addiction and eating disorders. However, ...

The last week of February marks National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, a time dedicated to education, early intervention, and compassion for people affected by eating disorders. Eating disorders ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. There are several strategies to help you control your portion sizes and avoid mindless snacking. We've all been there. You grab an ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted to social media, "Dear Oprah, Yes, you were overeating! For years! And it wasn't some mystical 'obesity gene' puppeteering your ...