The first sign of a female patient suffering from eating disorders is the irregularity of her menstrual periods. Some women who suffer eating disorders go without a regular menstrual period for three months at a stretch. When this irregularity is noticed in the menstrual period it is important to consult the doctor at once. The …
Persons who are perfectionist have strong tendencies to suffer eating disorder in the future. According to the study due to the quest of some people who wish to be at their best at all times it leads into an eating disorder into the future. The common eating disorder linked to being a perfectionist is Anorexia …
If you were to only watch commercials, you wouldn’t have to have a calendar. The tv, newspaper and magazines are full of ads for weight loss products, weight loss programs, exercise equipment and gyms. After all, it’s a new year, so what better time to obsess about your weight? For some, it can be a …
When we are in the midst of a painful struggle, it can seem as if the whole world revolves around us and our pain. Our view becomes one-dimensional. Everything is evaluated through the lens of that struggle. ? “Each of us is put here in this time and this place to personally decide the future …
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School-age children whose mothers tightly control their diets may be prone to overeating, while those with moms who pressure them to eat tend to be fussy about food, a new study finds. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, do not necessarily mean that parents’ mealtime strategies cause their children to …
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Eating disorders have its foundation deeply rooted into our society at present. Our society has become a society for the skinny. Ninety percent of the advertisements in the television that has women on it involved a slender woman. We have over emphasized that to be thin is in. No more than in our age do …
Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder where one has an obsession of eating proper food. This is one of the least known among the eating disorders. Innocently, Orthorexia nervosa begins as a desire to be be free from an existing chronic illness or just to be healthy by being conscious with what they eat, how …
In news too important to ignore, I came across this new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Norwegian researchers that found that women with anorexia nervosa are much more likely to have both unplanned pregnancies and induced abortions than women who don’t have the serious eating disorder. These results may be …
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