People with eating disorders can have challenges using chatbots in therapy. These clients often have difficulties with mentalizing or...

Miscommunication between the gut and brain can affect eating behavior. Rumination syndrome is a disorder involving regurgitation of...

Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is an eating disorder centered around an obsession with healthy eating. Healthy orthorexia is a lifestyle...

Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder worldwide and can affect people of diverse weights. Studies show that the...

Transgender individuals feel a disconnect between their preferred gender identity and the gender identity they were assigned at birth....

Semagultide-containing medications have become popular for weight loss. But will these medications work for everyone? And what are the...

In this post, I discuss how deficits in social bonding could reduce the effectiveness of nonverbal mirroring in treating eating...

In this post, I discuss how 19th-century hysteria, a mysterious group of symptoms observed only in women, led to the misconception that...

This post explores pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder and the neuroscience of why these drugs are effective. Key...

A common stereotype of people with eating disorders is that these individuals are vain and preoccupied with their appearance. In this...

I chose to write about eating disorders in adults because there is ageism in eating disorder research and treatment. Consequently, we...

With New Year's resolutions we see an uptick in gym membership and diet adverts. These adverts promise that, if we work really hard to...

There has been a rise in the number of people seeking treatment for eating disorders since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I make...

The power of music to heal people has been suggested for centuries. But what is going on in the brain that helps with the healing process...

In this post, I focus on the UK's recent decision to require calorie counts on menus and why this decision could contribute to a rise in...

The lack of access to, funding for, and compassion in NHS eating disorder (ED) adult services has recently become a major talking point...

In mid-July 2019, the BBC published an article discussing recent findings that calorie-counting apps can exacerbate eating disorder...