Best known for supporting weight loss, GLP-1 medications may also play a role in managing the psychological aspects of obesity. Learn more about how they may help.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research finds that binge-eating disorder symptoms may persist longer than once believed, finding 61 percent and 45 percent of individuals still experienced binge-eating disorder 2.5 and 5 years ...

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 ...

The first two patients to undergo an experimental brain surgery for binge eating disorder say that one year later, they feel more in control of what they eat and have fewer cravings. "I am fully aware ...

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, ...

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 ...