Eating issues Articles
Psychology often focuses on the thoughts and behaviours connected to eating disorders. For example, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) might focus on how negative thinking about your body or food causes eating disorders. But it’s also proven by research that part of what drives you to have an eating disorder are hidden thoughts that might have...
Why is it that you have an issue with food? When other people never seem to worry at all about what or how they eat? Often eating disorder causes can be found in your childhood. Did you learn to have an eating problem? A large-scale review of the role parental influence has on our eating...
Comfort eating, a hereditary sweet tooth, a bad metabolism… hide it behind any name you want. If your eating is not just about hunger and energy but a habit you use to distract yourself from life, then you might have a problem with compulsive eating. Myths about compulsive eating 1.You have to be overweight to suffer from...
For a long time anorexia and bulimia were the only two ‘official’ diagnoses when it came to eating disorders. But so many people reported abnormal eating patterns that didn’t fit such neat categories (such cases now outnumber those of anorexia and bulimia) that other diagnostic terms had to be created. In the UK, this might be...
Wellbeing is the buzz word in psychology lately, with the connection between physical and mental health increasingly made. Healthy eating is an obvious part of the self-care equation, and most of us know what that involves. So why do so many of us struggle to make healthy food choices despite knowing how to eat well? Are you using...
A piece of chocolate can give you a burst of energy that has you feeling more positive, and anyone who has experienced indigestion knows that food can alternately be the cause of much misery. But does food actually have the power to affect our moods long-term? And could it be part of a treatment plan...
In a 2015 report commissioned by the UK charity Beating Eating Disorders (B-EAT), it was estimated that over 725,000 Brits suffer from an eating disorder. Of that number, around 10% are thought to suffer from anorexia nervosa. Laura* is one of the lucky ones who found support for her struggles with anorexia and recovered. Now...
Dieting - why doesn't it tend to work? It's all in the psychology. Learn the truth about dieting and overeating with these 7 lessons from psychotherapy....
Who doesn’t eat too much, now and then? But when is overeating not okay? When is it a problem, or even an addiction? And can diets ever really help with overeating, or is there another way? Jane Rudd*, who attended sessions with a CBT practitioner (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and then a counsellor, shares her story about her...
We've all experienced emotional eating as food provides a powerful source of comfort. But what happens when your eating habits start to cause you distress?...
