Why is it that most eating disorders occur in high school students more than any other level of students? Think about what girls have to endure every single day. In highschool there is almost always the “popular girls” who are always the perfect body weight, well proportioned, and all the guys love to hang around …
The root of the development of anorexia nervosa is not about food, but the behaviors are, and in order to recover, the first step involves re-establishing a healthy weight. Eating disorders, particularly anorexia, can be, and often are, fatal. The thinking patterns that are established in the brain of an anorexic may resemble rules or …
The hot treatment for anorexia in adolescents these days is a type of family therapy originally developed at Maudsley Hospital in London, called Family-Based Therapy (FBT). Several studies have shown that this technique outperforms individual therapy. FBT is a three-phase therapy in which parents are encouraged to temporarily take full control of food decisions. This …
Eating nothing is never better than eating something. When given the chance to eat something that could possibly make you gain a little bit of weight, it is always better to eat it rather than not eating anything at all. The choice you make in not eating anything is a harsh one and one that …
I came across this contest this morning and I’m not exactly sure what to think: In this contest, your goal is to take a photo of a normal or overweight person, and turn him/her into a person that’s suffering from anorexia. The thinner, the better. Make the person almost scary, creepy thin. Good inspiration for …
Eating disorders are multi-faceted, which means that recovery is also an involved, confusing, and very often, frustrating process. I would like to suggest a ‘tool’ for recovery which has proven to be helpful for those in treatment, as well as for those following up with their recovery. This is called “My Delay & Distract List”. …
Lacey’s Schwimmer eating disorder began at 13 while training for 10 hours a day as a dancer. Her parents were also her coaches — very strict coaches, she said — and Lacey was home schooled to accommodate her rigorous schedule. In a typical day, she said, “I ate a packet of turkey, which was about …
Lacey’s Schwimmer eating disorder began at 13 while training for 10 hours a day as a dancer. Her parents were also her coaches — very strict coaches, she said — and Lacey was home schooled to accommodate her rigorous schedule. In a typical day, she said, “I ate a packet of turkey, which was about …
A major problem in a person realizing they have an eating disorder is that they do not fully understand how to tell the symptoms apart. One of the tell-tell signs of Anorexia is the loss of about three menstrual cycles. The confusion comes from the fact that those who are young or just starting to …
“‘Smiling is just a picture that you can paint on your face to make it seem as though you’re happy, but reality is: smiling has no meaning. It’s the one card you can play when you have nothing else to put down on the table.’ Taylor and Jessica are best friends that have almost everything …
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