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The Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross Show: Binge Eating Disorder, Stress Eating, Emotional Eating, Food Addiction

May 25, 2020

Consistency trumps intensity and novelty. What does that mean?  I hear over and over how my patients are able to stick with a new (novel)  eating plan, exercise routine, or (fill in the blank) for only a short time then they are off to something new (novel).   Many tend to gravitate towards dramatic or intense new ways...


May 18, 2020

Research has shown that toxic stress - for example, adverse childhood experiences (prolonged and extreme stress without compensatory support) changes the brain - increasing the risk for addictions, eating disorders, and other mental and physical health issues.  However, on the other end of the spectrum, NO...


May 5, 2020

Health, particularly behavioral health, has become bound up in morality. The term for this is “healthism” based on a philosophy that everyone is responsible for their health but in a way that makes “healthy behaviors” seem to be more morally superior. This is particularly a problem when it comes to body size....