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Jessica Smith Paralympian’s Battle With Bulimia
Jessica Smith, who retired from competitive swimming in 2007, has released details of her 11-year struggle with the bulimia. Her eating disorder started as a teenager at school in Grafton in 2000. Jessica’s Comments About her Eating Disorder Jessica felt like she had ht rock bottom she remembers a swimming coach telling her at the …
Link Between Teens Who Practice Heavy Dieting And Eating Disorders
Heavy Dieting There is dieting and then there is heavy dieting the difference between the two could lead to an eating disorder. On a diet teens (mostly girls) watch what they eat, eat more fruits and vegetables and cut back on the junk food. Heavy dieting takes dieting to an extreme. Restricting the amount of …
Want Others To Get Healthy? Questions Work Better Than Demands
With New Year’s resolutions fresh on our minds, there’s never a better time to support one another’s health-oriented goals. If you’re trying to encourage a loved one to get healthy, however, asking questions rather than making demands will be the most productive approach, according to a new study. The “question-behavior effect” involves asking questions like, …
New Medication On The Horizon For Binge Eating
There is a new medication in the works that may help individuals who suffer from binge eating. The medication currently known as ALKS 33 is a potential medication made by Alkermes, Inc. ALKS 33 The medication has just completed phase 2 of the clinical trails. Currently it is being tested for alcohol dependency and drug …
Christie Brinkley: ‘I Was Not Skinny Like The Other Girls’
Supermodel Christie Brinkley claims that her successful career can be attributed to the fact that she wasn’t pencil-thin like her peers. In a feature on Into The Gloss, Brinkley and her daughter Sailor share details of their careers, family drama and how they both approach modeling. Both mother and daughter seem to agree that having …
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Have you been gravitating toward higher calorie foods since 2008? In a study presented back in August at the yearly meeting of the American Psychological Association, University of Miami marketing doctoral student Anthony Salerno suggests that your choices may be due to the economy. Salerno’s research found that study participants primed to focus on deprivation chose …
Recovery And The Power Of Letting Go
This is a guest post by Gina Chirichella. I spend a lot of time on my own blog writing dance metaphors for recovery. There are a few reasons for this. Besides the fact that I LOVE dance and finally get to take classes on a regular basis and I love metaphor (it’s my favorite literary …
Selection Of Good Wall Tent Is More Important For Your Staying
The best selection of tent is more important to free from the various difficulties while you are going for your trip. There are many of the factors and many of the factorable wall tents were available in the market. Some of the guidelines keep in mind before purchasing the wall tent With your best tent …
Orthorexia: The “Healthy” Eating Disorder
Artwork by Jessica Grundy via Etsy.com What is Orthorexia? The term orthorexia is derived from the Greek word, “ortho” meaning “right” or “correct” and “orexis” meaning “appetite.” The literal meaning is “correct diet.” Orthorexia was introduced in 1997 by Dr. Steven Bratman to be used as a parallel with other eating disorders, such as anorexia …
(Photo)Shopping For The Holidays
By now, you’ve probably heard about H & M’s recent advertising snafu, in which the Swedish retailers plugged real-life faces on computer-generated bodies. The story was exposed earlier this month. And what about the notorious Faith Hill photoshopping job on Redbook magazine? Revealed several years back, the side-by-side comparison spoke volumes about what the industry …