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 ...

Americans haven't increased their consumption of all food and drink evenly, however — our alcohol intake peaked in the 1980s, but our growing consumption of vegetable oils alone accounts for ...

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 ...

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).

Animal studies and pilot experiments in men indicate that the hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin limits food intake, and raise the question of its potential to improve metabolic control in obesity.

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

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

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