Children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) have an elevated risk of developing psychiatric and physical ...

"Other neurons in the brain are usually restricted to sensing food put into our mouth, or how food fills the gut, or the ...

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus - which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and more - includes neurons that express the protein opsin 3 (OPN3).

The major eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, and rumination disorder. They are relatively common ...

The link between gut microbiome and eating behaviours, especially palatable food intake, is a growing focus of scientific ...

A recent study found that pregnant women should be getting a high intake of choline – an essential nutrient that helps foetal ...

Too much salt raises the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure Simple food swaps can help reduce sodium intake ...

Researchers at Brown University and Cincinnati Children's found that suppressing opsin 3 in the brain of mice makes them eat ...

Whether disordered eating relating to chronic disease symptom management should be classified under orthorexia or ARFID remains to be decided. Either way, the risk of disordered eating in people with ...