Binge-eating is a major health problem: study
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Out-of-control binge eating is the biggest eating disorder in the United States, more common than anorexia and bulimia combined and contributing to a rise in obesity, researchers said on Thursday.
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Heavily drinking -- or binging -- even intermittently, almost doubles a person&#39;s risk of dying after a heart attack, compared to that of a moderate drinker, according, to a first-of-its-kind study, reported at the American Heart Association&#39;s Scientific
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It&#39;s a well-known fact that the foods we eat influence our health. But foods do more than affect our waistline and our heart. It seems that what we eat can also impact the way our brain performs its tasks.
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The rise in obesity may be going hand-in-hand with increases in severe gum disease, research suggests.
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Obesity is considered a major public health problem today, but a number of scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.
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NEW YORK  - Teenage girls who keep close tabs on their weight may be more likely to take up unhealthy weight-control habits, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - While extreme thinness may the  most obvious and life-threatening aspect of anorexia, new  research suggests that it is often the psychological symptoms  of eating disorders that take the longest to overcome.
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Eating a high-fat, high-carb  fast food meal produces damaging cellular changes that are  greater and longer-lasting in obese people than in  normal-weight people, a new study shows.
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Evolution and the environment, not just  gluttony, has led to a global obesity pandemic, with an  estimated 1.5 billion people overweight -- more than the number  of undernourished people -- an obesity conference was told on  Monday.
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NEW YORK  - About two-thirds of people seeking weight-loss surgery have suffered from a psychiatric disorder at some point in their lives, and personality disorders are also common among this group, according to researchers.
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Â· Children's eating habits even worse than adults Â· Food-related ill health can cost NHS Â£6bn a year
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NEW YORK  - A review of published studies shows a clear and consistent relationship between drinking sugary (non-diet) soft drinks and poor nutrition, increased risk for obesity -- and increased risk for diabetes.
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Two medical studies stress an active lifestyle, as well as eating right, is vital for good health. By LISA GREENE, Times Staff Writer.
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ONE of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken into health in Scotland has revealed devastating evidence of a link between childhood obesity and an increased risk of cancer.
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A new study gives scientific clout to a conclusion many already see as obvious: Eating lots of fast food makes you fat and increases the chance of developing diabetes.
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A new study carried out by researchers from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre has revealed that women living in households with four or more people were significantly more likely to be obese than those who lived by themselves.
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A reduction in the time people spend asleep could partly account for soaring obesity rates, a study has revealed. Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that hormonal changes caused by lack of sleep could lead to increased appetite.