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·October 13, 2020·3 min read

Study Links Eating Disorders With Body Dysmorphia

People with eating disorders are up to twelve times more likely to experience body dysmorphia than those without a history of eating disorders. 76% of those with eating disorders report suffering from body dysmorphia, a new study reveals.

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·July 31, 2020·3 min read

Gut Feelings Can Be Good for Us

The more we pay attention to our internal bodily sensations, specifically gastric interoception, the more positive we feel about our bodies, a new study reports.

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·May 14, 2020·3 min read

Coffee linked to lower body fat in women

Women aged between 20-44 who drank two to three cups of coffee a day had 3.4% lower adiposity than those who did not consume coffee. Older women who drank four cups per day had an adiposity level 4.1% lower. Overall, total body fat percentage was 2.8% lower in women of all ages who drank two to three cups of coffee a day.

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·January 28, 2020·3 min read

Eating disorders linked to exercise addiction

Exercise addiction is almost four times as common in those with eating disorders.

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·January 16, 2020·3 min read

Sleep linked to language skills in neurodevelopmental disorders

Sleep disruptions are common features of Fragile X syndrome, Williams syndrome, and Down syndrome. The disruption of sleep in these neurodevelopmental disorders appears to be linked to language development. The longer children with neurodevelopmental disorders slept, the more words they knew.

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·January 9, 2020·3 min read

Food textures affect perceptions of healthiness

The texture of certain foods may impact how healthy people believe they are. Foods that have less explicitly textured surfaces are perceived to be tastier, but not healthier.

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·November 7, 2019·2 min read

Autistic adults thought they were ‘bad people’

Many people on the autism spectrum who were not diagnosed until later in life grew up believing they were "bad people."

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·July 25, 2019·4 min read

Brains work in sync during music therapy

Hyperscanning reveals the brains of patients and musicians sync during music therapy.

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·July 16, 2019·3 min read

Non-binary link to autism

Non-binary and transgender people have a higher risk of autism, a new study reports. The risk is significantly higher for those who were assigned the female gender at birth.

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·June 15, 2019·3 min read

Pregnant women increase peripersonal space to ‘keep dangers at arm’s length’

During the third trimester of pregnancy, a woman's concept of personal space expands. Researchers believe the alteration in peripersonal space isn't just connected to alterations in the body map, but also as a mechanism to protect the vulnerable abdomen from injury.

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·May 13, 2019·3 min read

Study shows people fail to recognize male postnatal depression

People are more likely to diagnose symptoms of postnatal depression in women over men, new findings report. When presented with information relating to the mental health of new parents, people associated postnatal depression symptoms in men with stress and tiredness. Researchers state the need for greater awareness of paternal postnatal depression.