This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Maybe you stock up on ice cream after a difficult day at work or reach for chocolate after a disagreement with your partner.

We’ve all been there: A moment of stress hits or boredom sets in, and suddenly the chip bag is empty and the pint of ice cream is gone. Almost everyone overeats on occasion. For some, however, these ...

Feel like you always end up losing control of your eating once you start a diet? If so, you are not alone. There is a strong link between restrictive eating habits—or diets—and binge eating. While ...

Cravings are often treated like a personal shortcoming, a moment where discipline slips. But what if they are, instead, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg is associated with reductions in hunger and improved fullness at 20 weeks as well ...

A well-timed jolt of high-frequency electricity to a region of the brain implicated in food cravings appears to tamp down the impulses at the heart of binge eating disorder, researchers report. Out-of ...

Snack fever sets in — do you succumb, or shake it off? For those who can’t seem to quit noshing on junk, experts say they have just the thing to break the cycle — a practice known as mindful eating.

Researchers have developed a novel approach to treating eating disorders. The scientists showed that a group of nerve cells in the hypothalamus (so-called AgRP, agouti-related peptide neurons) control ...