Worsening binge eating over time following an unsupervised low-carbohydrate diet.

Objectives: To investigate the associations and changes of adherence to a low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) on binge eating and food craving among Brazilian university students over a 3-mo period.

Methods: A two-wave evaluation study analyzing secondary data from a previously conducted cross-sectional study. The study was conducted remotely via online surveys targeting university students in southeastern Brazil.

Questioning the validity of food addiction: a critical review.

Food cravings (FC) are closely associated with behaviors such as loss of control, binge eating, and emotional eating. Although FC is among the symptoms proposed for food addiction (FA), we argue that the distress associated with eating, managing cravings, and experiencing loss of control may not, in itself, constitute a framework consistent with addiction or addiction-like eating. Grouping these concepts under the FA label may contribute to conceptual confusion, potentially leading to diagnostic inaccuracies.

Exploring the structural and construct validity of the Brazilian version of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory within the Brazilian context. Specifically, it assessed the scale's efficacy in measuring disordered eating behaviors, with an emphasis on binge eating, and investigated its relationship with food cravings.

Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized data from a non-probabilistic convenience sample of 1,374 Brazilians.

Questioning the role of food addiction in pediatric obesity: Comment on An et al. (2025).

The study by An et al. (2025) [1] investigated the association between food addiction (FA), obesity, and emotional and behavioral problems in Korean children and adolescents with overweight or obesity. While FA was linked to higher BMI, lower self-esteem, and increased emotional difficulties, critical methodological limitations challenge the clinical relevance of these findings.

Neuroanthropology and Body Image: The Impact of Technology and Cultural Shifts on Self-Perception.

The proliferation of filters, technologies, and aesthetic procedures has contributed to a surge in body image concerns, with individuals now able to purchase and alter specific body parts. This phenomenon intersects with considerations of self-objectification and cosmetic surgery, mediated by factors such as alienation and body image inflexibility. Moreover, cultural shifts, including the pervasive influence of artificial intelligence, shape perceptions and behaviors.

Try not to think about food: An association between fasting, binge eating and food cravings.

Background: When individuals follow a diet or limit their food intake, they activate cognitive restraint, which is defined as a mental effort to restrict dietary behavior with the goal of losing weight. As an example, fasting has also been associated with the recruitment of cognitive restraint, but further research is needed to fully understand its underlying mechanisms.

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the duration of fasting and disordered eating, such as food cravings, binge eating, and potential changes in eating habits.