Disordered eating often (but not always) occurs in affluent cultures, especially in America, where anorexia nervosa (voluntary starvation) and bulimia nervosa (binge-eating followed by purging) now afflict one in ten people. Most of the diagnosed are young women in their teens and 20s, but the

Jean Petrucelli, Ph.D. In my 29 years as a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst working with eating disorder patients, I have learned that, paradoxically, the easier part of treatment is symptom alleviation; the more challenging aspect is helping the individual to understand her relationship to

I just finished my fortieth semester teaching nutritional science at the college level. Each year, more and more students enter my classes armed with nutrition misinformation perpetuated by so-called scientists, bureaucrats and celebrities who know little about physiology and biochemistry and less

NOTE: This article was written in early April. Today (May 12) At the end of this article, I've written an update. Marty Nemko   I’m one of those people who eat too much. I’m hoping that writing this will help me as well as you.   1.  Do you rationalize eating fattening things?  For example, when I

  This post was adapted from a previous blog post by Dr. Avena for the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The original post can be seen herehttp://apaconvention.com/2014/08/11/metabolic-syndrome-and-mental... Metabolic syndrome (MetS) “is an example of a health variable