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Obese at higher risk of common cancers
Obese and overweight people are at a higher risk of acquiring 10 of the most common cancers. Roughly 12,000 cancer cases per year can be blamed on obesity says a study published in The Lancet.
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Athletes and eating disorders
Eating disorders in athletes could be an indication they are vulnerable to depressive tendencies, according to research.
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Teen insomnia and mental health
Scientists in Australia have identified a link between insomnia among teenagers and various mental health conditions.
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What governs eating after exercise?
People's attitudes towards exercise can have a strong influence on how much they eat afterwards, a recent study has concluded.
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Limited understanding of how therapies work
Clinicians and neuroscientists must work together to understand and improve psychological treatments says an article in Nature magazine.
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NICE issues new guidance on obesity
Updated draft NICE guidance on obesity proposes that very-low-calorie diets should be used more selectively and includes new recommendations on weight loss surgery for people with type 2 diabetes.
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Even young children will comfort eat
Children as young as five could be resorting to comfort eating as a way of coping with stress, delegates at the European Congress on Obesity in Bulgaria have heard.
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Can cognitive training boost self-control?
Understanding what self-control is and how it works has fascinated cognitive psychologists for decades, and more recently has led to the idea that perhaps we can harness our knowledge of cognition to temper compulsive behaviours.
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Gardening schemes teach healthy eating
Offering children access to gardening schemes helps to encourage healthier eating habits.  
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Dieters are better at reading food labels
People who attend slimming groups are more likely to read and understand the nutritional information given on food compared with those who are not on a diet.  
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Is labelling obesity as a disease helpful?
When the American Medical Association formally recognised obesity as a disease in June 2013, plenty of public health officials were thrilled for the increases in research, treatment, and prevention funding that would presumably arise as a result.
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How men with eating disorders are ignored
Men with eating disorders are frequently being overlooked because people assume that conditions such as anorexia and bulimia are women's problems, a new study has suggested.
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CBT gives long-term benefits for patients
Providing cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for people with mental health disorders such as depression and eating disorders could provide them with long-term benefits without the need for drugs, an expert on the talking treatment has said.
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Commissioning weight-loss services
The launch of a clinical commissioning guide on weight loss services today (20 March) has been welcomed by experts across several disciplines. The guidance has been developed through a process accredited by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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Call for rethink on eating disorders
The Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society has voiced concern at how eating disorders services have been organised and delivered in Northern Ireland.
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Facebook and eating disorder risk
Women who regularly use Facebook may be at risk of becoming dissatisfied with their bodies and even developing eating disorders, according to new research.
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Doctors may overlook eating disorders
Too many people with eating disorders are being dismissed by doctors as simply having peculiar habits with food, Cosmopolitan UK magazine and the charity Beat have warned.
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Is stress a cause of childhood obesity?
Children are likely to have higher than average levels of cortisol if they are obese, new research has revealed.
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Can food be like a drug for overeaters?
The same impulsive behaviour that leads some individuals to abuse drugs and alcohol could also be behind particularly unhealthy relationships with food,
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Obesity estimates will be wide of the mark
A 2007 Foresight Report famously warned that half of the British population could be obese by 2050 if the trend to eat too much and exercise too little continued.
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Eating disorders may be starting early
Young people could be experiencing behaviour associated with eating disorders much earlier than previously thought, a new study has discovered.
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Will power is not enough if you want to eat healthily
Consuming the right amount of fruit and vegetables every day is down to planning ahead, effort and motivation. This is the finding of a study by researchers at the Lisbon University Institute published in the British Journal of Health Psychology today.
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Obesity in school children is declining
Official figures have revealed a drop in the obesity rate among English school children. The proportion of primary school children deemed to be overweight and obese has slumped in the last year, official statistics have revealed.
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Celebrity culture and anorexic children
New figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that the number of children being treated for eating disorders has increased rapidly.
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Good relationships make women more satisfied with their weight
Being in a satisfying relationship appears to correspond with a more positive body image in women, according to a new study. A team at the Tallinn University in Estonia collected data from 256 women between the ages of 20 and 45.
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