Mental Health
Aug 04, 2010
 5 Ways to End Emotional Overeating
Best-selling author Geneen Roth offers tips from her new book, Women, Food and God |
Jun 10, 2010
Which comes first: Obesity or depression?
Obesity and depression are often linked, but it's not clear whether one condition tends to precede the other. One new study suggests depression may help cause obesity, but obesity doesn't necessarily cause depression. |
Jun 02, 2010
Binge eating recommended as a psychiatric diagnosis; obesity is not
(CNN) -- Binge eating should be included as an official psychiatric disorder in new mental health guidelines, but obesity should not, a group of medical experts is recommending. |
May 16, 2010
Emotional Fillers: Confronting My Binge Eating Disorder
As long as I avoided experiencing my emotions, I resorted to addictive patterns. And even though I have maintained a 200-pound weight loss for nearly a decade, I still do. The reason is pretty simple - I am human and not perfect. I am not always in touch with my emotions and sometimes I only know that I am upset when I am halfway through what I call a mini-binge. I call it a mini-binge because my binges used to be eating for a family of five. |
Mar 24, 2010
Obesity 101: We are how we eat, and the problem of fast-food culture
Dr. Valerie Taylor doesn't believe that most people with a weight problem would say, "This is not my fault," or, "This is because of McDonald's.""Absolutely, they take responsibility," says Taylor, an assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience at McMaster University in Hamilton, and director of the Canadian Obesity Network mental health program. Many people feel guilty about their weight, she says, "and they struggle to accept treatments like surgery because they really feel they should be able to control this problem themselves." |
Mar 18, 2010
The obesity epidemic: the role of addiction
Regular readers of these pages are well aware of the close link between addictions and some forms of overeating. This topic is now nicely addressed in a commentary by Valerie Taylor (McMaster, Hamilton), Claire Curtis and Caroline Davis (both York University, in this week’s edition of CMAJ. |
Mar 14, 2010
Many of us are wired in the brain to eat
Sugar, fat and salt can stimulate much like tobacco, alcohol and cocaine |
Feb 27, 2010
The obesity epidemic: the role of addiction
The core diagnostic constructs and neurologic findings linked to substance abuse are shared by some individuals with weight problems. Therapies traditionally applied to the area of add. |
Dec 17, 2009
Does Teenage Stress Cause Weight Gain?
Stress is certainly one of the most common factors that is mentioned when patients report “emotional” eating. But how strong a risk factor is perceived stress really for weight gain? |
Nov 14, 2009
Mood Improves On Low-Fat, But Not Low-Carb, Diet Plan
After one year, a low-calorie, low-fat diet appears more beneficial to dieters' mood than a low-carbohydrate plan with the same number of calories, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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Nov 04, 2009
Chronic-stress reliever for women is often high-fat food
Many people say they eat more when they are under stress. Others eat less. |
Oct 12, 2009
Troubled minds can mean wider waistlines
Common mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression, may increase a person's risk of obesity, and people with repeated episodes of these disorders are particularly at risk, British researchers say. |
Sep 16, 2009
Do Low Self-Esteem and External Control in Childhood Predict Adult Obesity?
Current concern about the childhood obesity epidemic is largely driven by the notion that overweight and obese children have a greater risk of becoming overweight and obese adults. |
Sep 16, 2009
Low self-esteem leads to obesity
Children with self-esteem problems are more likely to be obese as adults, a research team has found. |
Aug 28, 2009
10 And 11-Year Olds Feel Pressure To Have A Perfect Body, Canada
A study of 4254 Canadian schoolchildren has shown a direct association between BMI and satisfaction with their body shape. The research, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, shows a linear response for girls, who were happiest when thinnest, and a U-shaped response for boys, who were unhappy when they were too skinny or too fat. |
Feb 19, 2009
Obesity and Mental Health in Adolescents
Yesterday, I hosted another of my Bariatric Lunch Forums that can be viewed via the TeleHealth Network in Alberta. My guest on the forum was Geoff Ball, Director of the Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health (PCWH) here in Edmonton. While the program focuses on family interventions, Geoff emphasized the importance of psychological issues (both in the kids and their parents) that often prove important promoters of weight gain and/or barriers to weight management. |
Jan 20, 2009
Men 'can fight food urges better'
"Lower cognitive control of brain responses...may contribute to gender differences in the prevalence rates of obesity and other eating disorders"
Study researchers
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Mar 17, 2008
Counseling Helps Maintain Weight Loss |
Sep 25, 2007
No link between higher BMI and memory problems in old age: study
Rush University Medical Center reseachers have concluded that greater body mass index is not predictive of cognitive decline in elderly. |
Feb 05, 2007
Psych 101 -- Winning Relationships: The Rules of Attraction
Your mother may have told you it's what's on the inside that counts. But in a society bombarded with images of stick-thin models, mom's wise words seem a little outdated. |
Jan 05, 2007
Teen Girls Who Often Read About Dieting More Apt to Use Risky Weight Loss Tactics
Teen girls who often read magazine articles about dieting and weight loss appear to be three times as likely to engage in extreme dieting practices, such as vomiting and using laxatives.
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Jul 04, 2006
Obesity Ups Depression, Lowers Substance Abuse
A new study suggests people who are obese run a higher risk for mood and anxiety disorders. At the same time, they are less likely to suffer from substance abuse problems. |
Feb 01, 2006
Is obesity a mental health issue?
Experts and the public are turning away from the idea that weight gain is a personal emotional problem. It’s become less clear what role psychotherapists and other mental health professionals should play in managing the problem.
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