Compulsive overeating and binge eating disorder both involve eating in excess. Doctors classify them differently based on the frequency and severity of symptoms. Binge eating may qualify as a mental ...

Obesity is a complicated issue to address for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the psychological trauma of negative body image exacerbated by the damaging emphasis on certain physical ...

Ten to 40 percent of patients with anorexia nervosa are diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Likewise, 11 percent of patients with a primary diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder have a ...

Oxford scientists propose that psychedelics could rewire brain circuits behind compulsive eating, offering a bold new strategy to treat obesity, if future trials confirm their potential. Review: The ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Lieber Institute for Brain Development have identified substantial similarities in brain gene activity among people with eating ...

Imagine losing and gaining 1,000 pounds over the course of your lifetime—the weight of a baby grand piano. That's what Geneen Roth, 74, endured through decades of compulsive eating, yo-yo dieting and ...

'Eat Cheese' Explores Compulsive EatingActor and comedian Jeff Garlin's new movie I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With is about an overweight actor in Chicago who lives with his mother and drowns his job ...

Share on Pinterest A recent study suggests intermittent fasting may reinforce distorted self-image or dangerous behaviors in some individuals. Cavan Images/Getty Images New research suggests that ...