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Pro-Diet Sites Glamorize Anorexia, And Girls Are Eating It Up
Despite bans put forth earlier this year by popular social media communities like Tumblr and Pinterest, pro-anorexic websites are on the rise. A UK review, Virtually Anorexic–Where’s the Harm?, recently found that thousands of individual blogs, YouTube channels and other websites are spreading like wildfire–all promoting an unhealthy ideal of being rail-thin. Starving to be …
Going Overboard: A ‘Selfie’ App Makes You Look Thinner
The “selfie” phenomenon is a trend that’s probably not going anywhere for a while. It’s become a staple in social media, and it lends a certain intrinsic value in eliciting attention. Our friends take selfies. Celebrities take selfies. We all take selfies. But would you download an app that made your selfie “self” look five, …
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. …
Understanding Selective Eating Disorder
Picky Eaters Selective eating disorder is what many scientists refer to as a “picky eater” these individual will only eat specific foods and combination’s of foods. This is most often seen in childhood. Although, resent studies have concluded that the once common words used to label children who would only eat a few specific foods …
Bulimic Teens Recover More Quickly When Parents Are Involved
Parental involvement improves patient outcomes when it comes to treating adolescents with bulimia nervosa, according to a new study. Researchers from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Stanford University say the findings contradict what clinicians are normally taught about bulimia treatment – which is that parents should be excluded from the process. “This study shows definitively …
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Healthy Foods For Anorexia
When dealing with anorexia, it can be difficult to seek out treatment. It can be even more difficult to have to undergo any particular type of treatment because there is a lot of involvement of food. Food is an underlying scare for some with anorexia. It holds a power over them and it can, at …
Attorney Wayne Shows Best Performance In Divorce Cases
Attorney Wayne is famous for the divorce cases with a proper knowledge of the various conditions of cases. The original petition for many of the divorce cases should handled by attorney Wayne. Most of divorcing parties having various types of demand in irregular manner with lots of issues and an proper accommodation so that they …
Project HEAL Video Project
Project HEAL is one of my favorite organizations that deals with ED and they are working with young people and giving presentations and they need your help to spread the word. So often, people with ED are the silent sufferers. Project HEAL wants students to hear your voices. The voices of supporters. The voices of …
Numbers Lie
Numbers lie. We’re used to thinking of numbers as facts – as concrete, objective bits of information. That somehow, because there is a little truth in them, the numbers must be gospel, must be telling the entire truth. They don’t. SAT scores aren’t an accurate measure of intelligence. Too often, they reflect ethnicity, power, privilege, …
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