Eating Disorders
America’s Hidden Epidemic: Food Addiction
Katie Couric hosts a panel on food addiction with tennis champion Monica Seles, interventionist Brad Lamm and Yahoo Finance Markets Correspondent Nicole Sinclair You may have heard the word “bingeing” used casually. People binge on food, alcohol, or even a series on Netflix. But Binge Eating Disorder, or B.E.D., is the most common eating disorder in…
Read MoreBED: The Most Common Eating Disorder In America
Here’s What You Should Know Though only recently recognized, binge eating disorder affects more people than anorexia and bulimia combined. Hearing the words eating disorder, most people automatically think of anorexia and bulimia. But actually, neither of these is the most common eating disorder people struggle with. For years, there were essentially three buckets into which eating disorders were…
Read MoreCould You Unknowingly Have an Eating Disorder?
Experts weigh in on the very real possibility that your eating habits could be amiss. It’s not that crazy a question to ask. At some point in their lives, 20 million women and 10 million men in the U.S. will suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder. And while, when you hear the words “eating…
Read MoreBrad Lamm Shares His Insight On Food Addiction
By Nadia Murdock Coping with an eating disorder is something that many people deal with in secrecy not knowing where to turn for help. Brad Lamm, Founder of Breathe Life Healing Center and the Breakfree treatment team, took a moment to discuss an addiction that is often overlooked, that is the addiction to food. In…
Read MoreFreedom From Bondage
Brad Lamm, CIP When Paul Mason moved back home to care for his ailing mother after his father died, he had no idea that would open the door to a vicious battle with food addiction. As a postman in his native Suffolk, England, Mr. Mason eventually resigned from his job when he could no longer…
Read MoreA Cut Above?
Brad Lamm, CIP Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, normal BMI in…
Read MoreSmart Feet and an Occupied Mouth (and a new pill to help?)
Brad Lamm, CIP Binge Eating Disorder, or BED, is characterized by different eating behaviors that impact the body in the same way as other addictions. Specific repeat behavior includes eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry, eating until uncomfortably full, eating alone due to embarrassment by how much is being consumed and feeling…
Read MoreAddicted to Food and the Journey to Recovery
Brad Lamm, CIP In 2011, I produced an 8-part docudrama for OWN called Addicted to Food. The show follows 8 addicts from all aspects of the eating disorder spectrum and their journey to recovery in residential treatment. But how does a person become addicted to food? And what is food addiction exactly? Let’s talk…
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