Eating Disorders Are More Treatable Than Ever
Ten million women and girls in theU.S. suffer from eating disorders and more people die from anorexia eachyear than from any other mental illness. Fortunately, for those individualsand families affected by eating disorders, help is available and recoveryis possible. [click link for full article]

Obesity Associated With Psychiatric Disorders, Decreased Odds Of Substance Abuse
Obesity is associated with a 25 percent increase in the risk of developing mood and anxiety disorders and a 25 percent decrease in likeliness for substance abuse, according to a paper in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.About 31 percent of all U.S. adults were obese in 2000, an increase from 23 percent in 1990, according to background information in the article. [click link for full article]

Gastric Bypass May Boost Blindness Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- A boom in gastric bypass surgery could lead to an unwelcome trend: an increase in vitamin A deficiency among patients that raises their risk for vision loss.

Fat people not more jolly, study says (AP)
AP - Fat people are not more jolly, according to a study that instead found obesity is strongly linked with depression and other mood disorders.

‘Artificial light increases breast cancer risk’
Women who sleep with the light on or stay up late at night could be at a greater risk of breast cancer, according to scientists. Researchers have long suggested that being exposed to too much light at night disrupts crucial hormones and raises the chance of developing breast tumours