Emotional triggers, such as stress, guilt, and loneliness, or environmental triggers, such as grocery shopping, media, and dieting, can cause binge eating episodes in individuals with binge eating ...

Many people associate binge eating with folks in larger bodies, but in reality, binge eating can affect people of all different sizes. It can be a distressing experience—one you want to stop. Limiting ...

Standard treatments for binge eating disorder focus on addressing the underlying emotions, but may not always be enough to manage weight in some people. Recent studies suggest Ozempic (semaglutide) ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder marked by uncontrollable binge-eating and subsequent purging by vomiting or using laxatives or diuretics. Other compensatory behaviors after binging include ...

Are you someone who eats even when you’re not hungry? Does an ‘uncontrollable’ urge make you eat one snack after another and the cycle goes on? If such ‘comfort eating’ has become a daily habit for ...

Doctors are already using weight loss drugs to treat binge eating disorder. But some experts warn that it’s a Band-Aid, not a fix. By Dani Blum Dani Blum has covered Ozempic and related medications ...

Sheeran didn’t explicitly name his diagnosis, and described seeing his own experience reflected in Elton John’s memoir. “I found myself doing what Elton talks about in his book—gorging, and then it ...

Findings from the interviews offer insight into potential strategies for reducing binge eating among patients who experience food insecurity. Inconsistent food access, mental and physical health, and ...

Many strategies used to treat anxiety disorders have shaped eating disorder interventions. Exposure therapy, for example, is frequently applied to help individuals face fears driven by persistent, ...

Researchers have investigated the feasibility of a new home-administered treatment for binge eating disorder. The new treatment combines a gentle brain stimulation technique called transcranial direct ...

Writer and editor Emma Gunavardhana - host of the eponymous health and beauty podcast The Emma Guns Show - has long battled with her body image. In pursuing one solution to remedy the issue, she ...