Anorexia is an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.
A hormone released when kissing could help beat anorexia. Called ‘Love hormone’ can help reduce sufferers’ obsession with food and weight and makes them less fixated on damaging emotions, researchers found. A spray of the chemical could be used as a treatment in two or three years if larger trials succeed. It is hoped it would help patients understand the need to eat more, raising odds of recovery. Read More…