For some women, using birth control pills comes with an unexpected side effect: stronger urges to overeat. A new Michigan ...

Researchers find higher emotional eating scores during active pill use, though experts say the clinical significance remains ...

Oral contraceptives make some women more likely to binge-eat due to their effects on hormones, a team of researchers have ...

Women actively taking a combined contraceptive pill seem more likely to emotionally eat, a new study has found.

Learn more about oral contraceptives and the impact they can have on disordered eating, and how self-monitoring may help ...

A new study from Michigan State University found increases in binge eating when taking hormone pills in the form of oral ...

Active hormone pills in oral contraceptives can increase emotional eating and binge risks in vulnerable women.

“The authors of this study conclude that there is an association between combined oral contraceptives (COCs) and emotional eating (EE). However, there are several key limitations in the design of the ...

The new incretin-based medications are a class of antidiabetic drugs that stabilize blood glucose by stimulating insulin secretion and suppressing glucagon production in the body in response to energy ...

Binge eating, especially on high-fat, high-sugar foods, can rewire the brain and alter behavior, leading to compulsive food-seeking and a greater likelihood of overeating instead of under-eating when ...

Binge eating disorder (BED) is a disorder that includes recurrent episodes of binge eating for at least two days a week over the course of at least six months. 1 A binge eating episode is defined as ...