Obesity is Fast Becoming the Nation’s Number One Health Threat

During a recent presentation in which Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had been expected to address the growing threat of bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases like SARS, her comments instead focused more on the fast-rising threat of such traditional health concerns as obesity.

The Rise of Male Eating Disorders: Preserving the Masculine Image at All Costs

An Interview with Brad Kennington, MA, LMFT, LPC, by Meghan Vivo

While experts used to believe that only 10 percent of the estimated 10 million eating disorder sufferers were male, a 2007 Harvard study of 3,000 male and female participants has shown that the disorders are much more prevalent – 25 percent of those with anorexia or bulimia and 40 percent of binge eaters were men.

What Are the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders?

The medical consequences of eating disorders can be severe. Fortunately, increasing awareness of the dangers of eating disorders--insightful media coverage on the problem and extensive medical studies-- has led many people to seek necessary therapeutic intervention and to avoid medical disaster.

A Simple Blood Test Could Someday Predict Obesity

About 97 million American adults—or 55% of those over 20—are overweight or obese. If you could, would you want to take a blood test to determine whether or not you're prone to obesity years before you show any evidence of having a serious weight problem?

Dopamine Receptors Linked To Obesity

As many as one third of all Americans—and a growing number of people around the world--suffer from obesity. Results from a recent study suggest that strategies aimed at improving dopamine function through drugs, exercise or behavior modification might prove to be a beneficial treatment for many of those affected.