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Internet Can Be A Foe To Those With Eating Disorders
One woman shares how at one time the internet kept her anorexia, but now she is turning it around with her own website to help others recover: “There was a time when Sharon Hodgson would spend up to eight hours a day combing eating disorder websites for tips and moral support in her quest to …
Study Links Green Coffee Beans To Weight Loss
A new study has determined that people who consume a daily dose of green coffee (unroasted coffee beans) lose approximately 10 percent of their body weight. The results of the study were published in the journal Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, and presented recently at the American Chemical Society (ACS) in San Diego. Researchers tested …
Men Who Are Sexually Harassed More Likely To Have Eating Disorders
A new study from Michigan State University shows that men who experience high levels of sexual harassment are more likely than women to engage in purging behaviors like vomiting or taking laxatives. As one of the first studies to assess how sexual harassment affects body image and behaviors in both women and men, the findings …
What Would Barbie Look Like As A ‘Real Woman’?
The most iconic doll in the world has undergone yet another makeover – sort of. In April, an artist created pictures of what Barbie would look like without any makeup on, and now another artist is showing how the doll might appear if she were modeled after the measurements of an average 19-year-old girl. Artist …
Only 12 Percent Of Older Women Are Satisfied With Their Bodies
It’s not surprising, but still unsettling: A recent study reveals that only 12 percent of women over the age of 50 are satisfied with their body size. In an attempt to discover what these women do, know and feel that differs from women who don’t love their bodies, researchers analyzed a sample of 1,789 women …
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Treatment For Eating Disorder
For eating disorders, some psychological and medicinal treatments are effective. Treating Anorexia Nervosa (a type of eating disorder developing from lack of food taking) involves three components: 1. restoring the person to a healthy weight; 2. treating the psychological issues related to the eating disorder; and 3. reducing or eliminating behaviors or thoughts that lead …
Addicted To Weight Loss?
Almost everyone, one way or the other, is somehow addicted to losing weight. I mean, who does not want to achieve a sexy and trim figure that others would die for? So in order to achieve a slim body, some people try every known way in order to lose weight. Taking diet pills, enrolling in …
The Dangers Of Many
There are a number of people in the world that suffer from a number of eating disorders. We as a society cannot just ignore that this is going on. Have you ever wondered why you have some friends that don’t eat much around you, or why you have some that are constantly going to the …
How To Help A Loved One Suffering From Bulimia?
If you know someone who is suffering from bulimia and are wondering how you can help them, read on; the following tips may be useful for you- -Don’t be judgmental, listen to them with an open mind; people suffering from eating disorders are generally under tremendous emotional stress and sometimes being a good listener is …
I Am Becoming
Sundays I tend to be alittle more reflective, especially as my birthday strikes in just a few hours. As one who knows ED aren’t only the struggles of teens, this poem reminds me of the gift of accepting oneself. I Am Becoming by Jayne Relaford Brown I AM BECOMING the woman I’ve wanted, grey at …