-Traci Pedersen The pain of being the target of fat shaming may take a significant toll on one’s health, according to a new study led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings show that people with high levels of weight bias internalization are much more likely toContinue reading “Feeling Fat-Shamed Takes a Toll on Health”
Category Archives: Exercise/Healthy Living
Physical Health and Mental Health, Part 2: Exercising Regularly
-Staci Lee Schnell, MS, CS, LMFT This is Part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here: “Physical Health and Mental Health, Part 1: Eating Healthfully“. The relationship between Physical Health and Mental Health plays a significant role in our lives. It has been found that staying physically fit actually helps our mental health asContinue reading “Physical Health and Mental Health, Part 2: Exercising Regularly”
Physical Health and Mental Health, Part 1: Eating Healthfully
-Staci Lee Schnell, MS, CS, LMFT Mental health and physical health are closely related. Keeping physically fit actually helps our mental health too; because it is very hard to stay psychologically healthy when our physical health is poor. If we are physical functioning poorly it takes an emotional toll on us as well. Caring forContinue reading “Physical Health and Mental Health, Part 1: Eating Healthfully”
Stop Overeating by Learning How to Manage Your Energy
-Ann Kearney Cook You can do it! Join me in my office as I consult with Sharon (name changed for privacy), a 32-year old unmarried woman with a history of depression and binge eating. When we first met, Sharon reported that while she’d had solid control of her eating habits for five years, over theContinue reading “Stop Overeating by Learning How to Manage Your Energy”
Emotional Impact after Quitting Fitbit
-Rick Nauert, PhD Researchers are learning that personal tracking tools — technologies that meticulously count our daily steps, map our runs, account for each purchase — fall in and out of favor in users’ lives. This finding is significant because many believe self-engagement is critical to improve personal health and reduce overall health care costs.Continue reading “Emotional Impact after Quitting Fitbit”
10 Days Without Exercise Can Reduce Blood Flow in Brain
-Traci Pedersen We know that when highly active people stop exercising for one or two weeks, their cardiovascular endurance begins to diminish. But what effect, if any, does an exercise break have on the brain? This was the focus of a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. UsingContinue reading “10 Days Without Exercise Can Reduce Blood Flow in Brain”
Why You Can’t Eat (or Can’t Stop Eating) After a Breakup
-Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH Investigating the gut-brain response We often find what we need when we’re not looking for it. That’s how it was for me today, spending a lazy Sunday searching the scientific literature for research related to “communication about feelings” (isn’t that what everyone does on Sundays?). Instead of finding research related toContinue reading “Why You Can’t Eat (or Can’t Stop Eating) After a Breakup”
Watching Too Much Television Can Be Deadly
-Rick Nauert, PhD Being a couch potato and bingeing on TV series can literally be hazardous to your health. So says the American Heart Association as a new study found that watching a lot of television every day may increase your risk of dying from a blood clot in the lung. A lung blood clot, knownContinue reading “Watching Too Much Television Can Be Deadly”
These 5 Foods and Substances Can Cause Anxiety and Insomnia
Before you reach for the medicine cabinet, take a look at your dinner plate. Do you suffer from panic attacks or have trouble sleeping? If so, you may have tried stress reduction techniques or even medications, but has anyone ever asked you what you eat? It may surprise you to learn that certain everyday foods,Continue reading “These 5 Foods and Substances Can Cause Anxiety and Insomnia”
Psychiatric disorders more common among workaholics, study finds
If your life seems to revolve around your job, so much so that your relationships and social life suffer, then you’re likely to fall under the definition of a “workaholic.” It is no surprise that workaholism can induce stress, but a new study suggests that it may also be associated with psychiatric disorders. Researchers foundContinue reading “Psychiatric disorders more common among workaholics, study finds”
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