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Diet and Nutrition
These days, most people complain that they overeat. New diet plans promising to help people drop the pounds go in and out of fashion every year....
Treatment
If you’re struggling with an eating disorder, it’s critically important that you find the best possible support network to assist you with...
Causes
The reason eating disorders are so hard to treat is that they are such complex conditions. It is usually a combination of factors that lead up to...
Bulimia
Most descriptions and media representations of bulimia nervosa fixate on binge eating and purging, usually via self-induced vomiting. Although...
Eating Disorders
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Causes
The way a person conceptualizes their body image will have a major impact on their mental and
Causes
Anorexia nervosa is a dangerous type of eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of
Anorexia
The first rule of eating disorders is not to talk about eating disorders—at least, that's what
Eating Disorders
It may sound unbelievable, but people can suffer from a severe eating disorder and not even know
Celebrities
As the discussion around eating disorders becomes less and less taboo, a growing number of high-
Complications
It is hard for someone without an eating disorder to understand why someone suffering from
Eating Disorders
What causes someone to develop an eating disorder? Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to answer
Complications
Bulimia nervosa is a type of eating disorder characterized by recurrent binging and purging, a
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Symptoms
Laxative abuse is a common practice among people struggling with eating disorders that involve purging, such as bulimia nervosa or anorexia...
Research
There is currently no approved drug for anorexia nervosa, a common and occasionally fatal eating disorder. Research showed that low doses of a...
Research
In the past, eating disorders were primarily considered to be behavior. This overly-simplistic misunderstanding of the issue only created more...
Causes
Sudden light-headedness can be a frightening experience for anyone, particularly if you are unsure of the cause. For many, experiencing occasional...
Complications
Maintaining a balanced diet not only keeps our body functioning at its best, it also keeps our skin, hair, and nails looking bright and healthy....
Research
Researchers are closer to finding the genetic cause for binge eating and might be getting closer to an effective treatment. “Based upon our...
Recovery
When a person begins recovery treatment for anorexia nervosa, they may need to initiate a process known as refeeding. The refeeding process is a...
Eating Disorders
A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found more than 90 percent of patients with eating disorders not specifically defined (EDNOS) in...
Treatment
Eating disorders might be hard to talk about, or even to admit to yourself. If you know, or if you even suspect, you have an eating disorder,...
Eating Disorders
If you suspect your child has an eating disorder, you may feel overwhelmed. There are a few things you should know upfront.
First and...
Celebrities
Eating disorders don't discriminate. They don't care if you're rich or poor, they don't care about your color or gender, and they don't care if...
Anorexia
In the U.S., an estimated one in 200 people develop an eating disorder. That is a startling number, but another number is even more alarming: one...
Eating Disorders
A lot of what people know about eating disorders comes from "common knowledge." Unfortunately, common knowledge isn't always correct, or it may...
Anorexia Athletica
Anorexia is a serious eating disorder that is characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight. In many cases, people suffering from this...
Management
Most people find holidays stressful, but the thought of facing holidays can be overwhelming for a person with an eating disorder. If a special day...
Complications
Blood disorders are a common occurrence in people with disrupted eating habits or nutrient deficiencies. As a result, people with eating disorders...
Treatment
Hair loss, hair thinning, brittle fingernails, and flaky skin are all common side effects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Even though...
Complications
One of the lesser-known potential consequences of an eating disorder is hypothyroidism, a condition caused by disrupted functioning of the thyroid...
Causes
Extreme fatigue after eating is a commonly reported side effect for people who have or are recovering from an eating disorder. Repeated episodes...
Anorexia
Body dysmorphia is a mental disorder that causes a person to formulate extreme misconceptions about their weight, body shape, or general physical...
Eating Disorders
After collating a series of national surveys, the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) estimates that, in America alone, approximately 20...
Eating Disorders
In the first report of its kind outside the US, researchers in the UK have found that the patterns of eating-disorder behaviors found in young...
Eating Disorders
According to a report by the National Post, children as young as five years old are now experiencing eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia...
Bulimia
New research shows a link between people with cathartic colon disease and the eating disorder bulimia. Cathartic colon is a dangerous condition...
Eating Disorders
Transgender, lesbian, gay and bisexual students are at greater risk of eating disorders, according to a new study from Brown School at Washington...
