Ephi Lu

Restricted/Restrained Eating

The intentional restriction of food intake to prevent weight gain or to promote weight loss. Restrained eating is consistently linked with overeating behaviors in…

Purging behaviors

Purging behaviors are compensatory behaviors used by eating disorder patients, in which they forcibly eject food from their bodies in an effort to regulate…

Psychotic Disorders

Psychotic disorders are severe mental illnesses that affect a person’s thinking, feelings, and behavior, such as hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, and motor behavior (Tampi…

Psychosis

Psychosis is defined as a severe disruption in reality perception characterized by delusions and/or hallucinations (West, 2013). It is a common shared symptom of…

Psychonutrition

Psychonutrition studies how nutrition impacts psychological well-being and cognitive function, aiming to use dietary interventions to improve mental health.

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is a field of study that investigates the interactions and communication between the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. It explores how psychological…

High-Sugar Diet Decreases Ability to Sense Sweetness in Rats

Helping Our Heroes: Time-Restricted Eating Improves Health of Firefighters

Anxious Eaters: Why We Fall for Fad Diets

Does Obesity Have More to Do with the Brain than We Initially Thought?

Hunger Really Can Make Us Feel ‘Hangry’ – Study

Soaring Food Costs Worsen Food Insecurity, Sdoh for Older Adults