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Mental health conditions related to eating habits
High‑intensity habit challenges such as have documented reports and expert warnings linking them to , overtraining, electrolyte disturbances from overhydration, and worsening or triggering , though sy...
Anorexia nervosa has been documented in African countries, but population-level epidemiological studies are few and give a mixed picture: several community surveys reported no DSM‑IV anorexia cases, y...
Body shaming of men—mockery or criticism aimed at weight, height, musculature, hair, genitalia or “feminine” features—produces measurable psychological harm that mirrors and sometimes diverges from ef...
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) can manifest as an intense, clinically significant preoccupation with penis size—often called penile dysmorphic disorder (PDD) or penile-focused BDD—distinct from more c...
Psychedelic-assisted therapies, particularly psilocybin, are an emerging candidate for treating body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) based on mechanistic rationale, opinion pieces urging study, systematic r...
Water-only fasting can produce clear short-term benefits — rapid weight loss, lower blood pressure, improved insulin sensitivity and rises in ketones — in carefully selected, supervised settings, but ...