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Anorexia Nervosa: What Drives Someone With This Disease?
Anorexia nervosa may not be categorized by a fear of gaining weight, but actually by the pleasure of losing it, says researchers. Additionally, the phenomenon may be influenced by genetics. The work challenges the notion of fear of gaining weight in anorexia patients. The Study In a study from Inserm, Paris Descartes University and Sainte …
New Study Suggests That “Social Jet Lag” Is Responsible For Worsening Obesity Epidemic
Researchers at the University of Munich have determined that “social jet lag”, a condition in which there is a lack of synchronicity between our body’s biological clock and our sleep schedules, is responsible for exacerbating the obesity epidemic. Our biological or internal clock is regulated by a number of factors including hours of daylight, and …
Ballerina Fired For Looking “Too Fat” On Stage Speaks Out Against Pressure To Be Perfect
Kathleen Rea was a dancer who was 5’6″ and 105 pounds. But that wasn’t thin enough, says Rea, who is speaking out against industry pressure to be thin in her new book, The Healing Dance. Too fat to perform? Rea was a ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and suffered with bulimia for …
“World’s Thinnest Woman” Not Happy About Being A Role Model
Valeria Levitin has been called the “world’s thinnest woman.” Her frame is so thin that she looks like a walking skeleton–extreme anorexia has left her devastatingly malnourished, with protruding bones and disturbing-looking facial features. A dangerous role model Yet the 37-year-old who was once a healthy-looking, fuller-figured woman, wants the graphic images of her circulating …
How American Men Really Feel About Their Bodies
According to a national study by a Chapman University psychologist, between 20 to 40 percent of American men have feelings of dissatisfaction with their bodies, including negative perceptions about weight, physical appearance and muscle size. The recent study – reportedly the largest of its kind on the subject of men and body image – sheds …
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African American Girls Are More Prone To Bulimia Than Caucasian Girls Are
RECENT medical findings have suggested that black women are 50 percent more likely to suffer from bulimia nervosa than white women are. Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors. The most common form—practiced by more than 75% of people with bulimia nervosa—is self-induced vomiting, sometimes called purging; …
Bulimia Nervosa – An Eating Disorder That Can Be Overcome
Anyone can suffer from bulimia nervosa. Men, women, those with normal weight, underweight or even overweight, rich or poor, young or old, people of any race can be afflicted with this eating disorder and no one is exempted. People who are suffering from bulimia are unsatisfied with their body shape. As a result of this …
Heard Round The World
I guess she thought it was a secret and that no one would ever find out. But aside from hearing the whole thing, it was a complete shock. Have you ever heard those people in the bathrooms that you think are just throwing up because they feel a little sick; or how about those teens …
How To Check If Your Adolescent Child Is Suffering From An Eating Disorder?
Adolescents and children spend a good part of their day away from home, whether it’s at school or with friends. A lot of times people are not able to detect an eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia in their children, because they seem to behave normally whenever they are at home (and parents are generally …
New Treatment Book For Eating Disorders
Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED): Management of Complex Presentations of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa” was just released by Wiley and Sons. The book explores the clinical challenge of long-term eating disorders and examines the physical and psychological problems, family issues and difficulties in day-to-day living that patients with SEED can experience. • Explores the …