Studies at Australia’s Flinders University surveyed women who attend health clubs. Their findings might surprise you: “Taking cardio classes was linked with mood uplift, but greater time spent on individual cardio workouts predicted body image concerns. Women who spent more time lifting weights and taking yoga or other mind/body-oriented classes were less likely to perceive …
There is something about a good movie that can totally transform my mood and make a crummy day better. Maybe it’s the escape into another world, or the reminder that sad stories can have a happy ending. Whatever it is, I love curling up with a blanket and getting lost in the world of cinema. …
Beyonce’s done it, so it must be ok, right? Absolutely, as long as you don’t mind the risk of death. Beyonce was reported to have lived on the extra-extreme lemonade detox fast made popular two decades ago. The details are far too easy to find online – I won’t do it here. She reported, “I …
Rep. Judy Biggert (IL) has introduced the Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2011. This Act proposes improving education of students, teachers, and administrators about eating disorders, including how to identify and help at-risk individuals. We applaud Rep. Biggert as she continues to support this legislation. Here is part of the legislation: 112th …
The overuse and abuse of laxatives within the scope of eating disorder behaviors is often overlooked or simply not discussed, often because the person suffering feels shame about this, or they may even be unable to process that their behavior is dangerous. Laxative use or abuse is seen in eating disorders similarily as a compensatory …
Laxatives are used to induce bowel movement or at least loosen stools, but they are often abused by people with eating disorders. How is that so? More often than not, laxatives are also given to these people since they suffer constipation–a condition that warrants the use of laxatives. Since laxatives are used to enhance and …
If you have an eating disorder, are you likely to shoplift? Or if you shoplift, are you at a greater risk for an eating disorder? Or is there no connection at all? Scientists aren’t sure, but there is some anecdotal evidence that there may be a connection. What’s the difference between shoplifting and kleptomania? Kleptomania …
The holiday season is fast approaching, and coupled with the holidays is one thing that almost everyone dreads and loves at the same time–food. Indeed, food has already become synonymous to holidays. It seems that everyone simply loves eating more than the usual during the holidays. It would have been more acceptable if the food …
A recently released study shows serious emotional disturbances among children who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. The study was published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and revealed the estimated prevalence of serious emotional disturbances (SED) among residents of the affected areas was 14.9 percent Characteristics of SED include inappropriate behavior, depression, hyperactivity, …
New research from the University of Haifa suggests that the amount of time spent on Facebook could have a relationship to the incidence of eating disorders. The study of 248 teenage girls focused on the magazine, television, and Facebook behaviors and found that the more time spent on Facebook, the more like the girls were …
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