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Binge Eating Precedes Drug Use In Teens, Study Says
The link between eating disorders and drug use is a strong one, a new study suggests. Research published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that binge eating and overeating among teens predicted marijuana and other drug use. The study also found that binge eating–but not overeating–predicted obesity and depressive symptoms in teens. …
What Is Pro Ana Weight Loss?
In the world of eating disorders, there’s a movement called “pro ana” – which essentially advocades losing weight through unhealthy and dangerous methods. The pro ana (short for anorexia) or “thinspo” concepts encompass an ideology where it’s OK to be dangerously thin, eating is discouraged, and even suicide through starvation is sometimes supported. Websites The …
Family Meals May Help Prevent Eating Disorders In Teenage Girls
Recent research shows that teenage girls who sit down to the dinner table several nights a week with their parents and siblings (or the family members they live with) are less likely to develop an eating disorder. Teenagers both girls and boys need structure and routine in their lives and the family meal is a …
Canadian Teen Headed To Arizona For Anorexia Treatment
A 13 year old Canadian teen who is suffering from anorexia is going to a clinic in Arizona for treatment as a last resort. Although her stay at the US eating disorders clinic is not covered by health care insurance, the girl’s family believes that the Arizona clinic offers her the best chance for recovery. …
H&M CEO Says Models Are ‘Too Skinny,’ Pledges Change
Several weeks after being praised for featuring a plus-sized model in a swimsuit ad campaign (without labeling her “plus-sized,” at that), retail giant H&M is now pledging to diversify their advertising by taking a stand against too-skinny models. CEO Karl-Johan Persson told Metro that the brand wants to avoid enforcing a message to consumers that …
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Eating Disorder Organizations Join Forces To Urge Focus On Health And Lifestyle Instead Of Weight
Eating Disorder Organizations Join Forces to Urge Focus on Health and Lifestyle Rather Than Weight (Deerfield, IL) December 9, 2009 – The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), Eating Disorder Coalition (EDC), International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp), and the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) have joined forces and are …
Hope Anyway
Hope sounds simple: a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one’s life. Not quite as easy as rainbows and kittens and unicorns, is it? Nietzsche called hope “the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man.” And then there are the opening lines of Woody Allen’s parody, “My …
Be This Be That…Too Thin Too Fat
This article https://eatingdisorders.com/news/eating- disorders/hospitalization-caused-by-eating-disorders-in-young-children-on-the-rise#comment-1762 is about how eating disorder related hospitalizations of children under twelve are on the rise. ”The results of the anti-obesity drive over the last few years focusing on eating habits and losing weight – may have unintentionally contributed towards an increase in eating disorders.” Said Dr. David S. Rosen. I agree. It …
SAVING “PRIVATE NOT SO NICE!”| MOVING BEYOND MY REGRETS AS AN ANOREXIC
I hate to break it to you, but you are not perfect. There are going to be days where you are going to Eff up. You’re going to say the wrong thing, you are going to get yelled at by your boss, you are going to run that red light, scream at your kids, […] …
EATING DISORDER RECOVERY—-WHEN ARE YOU JUST GOING TO HAVE SOME FUN?
When was the last time you let loose? When was the last time you let your hair down? When was the last time you went on a road-trip? When was the last time you painted you toes red or wore a sexy little black dress? When was the last time you baked something for just you? …