Adults with ADHD show higher emotional eating and lower cognitive flexibility in case-control study
Adults with ADHD show more emotional eating and less mental flexibility in study
A case-control study of 76 adults with ADHD and 69 healthy controls found the ADHD group had significantly higher emotional eating scores (t…
Adults with ADHD eat more when stressed and struggle to shift their thinking compared to those without the condition, according to new findi…
Scuba-diving and mindfulness program reduces emotional eating in adults with obesity in small trial
Scuba diving and mindfulness program reduced emotional eating in small obesity study
A small, unblinded RCT of 63 adults with obesity found that adding a 2-month therapeutic scuba-diving and mindfulness program to standard ca…
A two-month scuba diving and mindfulness program significantly reduced emotional eating and stress in adults with obesity compared to standa…
Worry induction increases food consumption in undergraduate students in laboratory study
Does worry make you eat more? A lab study found it can.
A preregistered experimental study of 129 undergraduate students found that worry induction led to significantly more potato chip and total …
Worrying can make you eat more, as a lab study found that students forced to worry ate significantly more chips and food than those in a cal…
CFT Improves Depression and Emotional Eating in Severe Obesity: RCT Results
Can Kindness to Yourself Help Tackle Obesity and Depression?
In a single-centre RCT with 91 participants, group-based Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) significantly improved self-compassion, mood, and …
A 10-session therapy teaching self-compassion helped people with severe obesity feel less shame, eat healthier, and improve their mood for m…