To eat is to satisfy a basic physiological need to fulfill the requirements of maintenance and function of the body. Eating is as ordinary as breathing that people hardly acknowledge the fact that there are disorders associated to it. People are unaware that millions are afflicted with eating disorders and thousands die from it annually. …
Eating disorders are psychological problems that do great damage to the metabolism of a patient. Eating disorders are caused by psychological, social, family and biological problems that make the patient behave abnormally. The psychological problems that cause eating disorders are low self esteem, feelings of inadequacy, lack of control, depression, anxiety and anger. Family problems …
Pregnancy is generally regarded as a cure for eating disorders. Studies have shown that pregnant women seldom having eating disorders when they are expecting their baby. A craving for food is a natural consequence of pregnancy. However, some women try to stay thin deliberately when they are pregnant and this can endanger both the mother …
Body image is one of the main causes for eating disorders. Body image involves the perception that the ideal female body is thin and fat makes one ugly. To achieve these slim dimensions for the body, patients of eating disorders starve themselves to the point that their health fails completely. The trend in the twentieth …
No matter what anyone will try to tell you, eating disorders are one hundred percent preventable. Now while it has been shown that eating disorders can be inherited, it does not mean that the parents cannot do anything to stop a eating disorder from happening. If you notice that you child is acting differently or …
This is not a pleasant subject, but one that deserves attention. I attended a presentation at the IAEDP Conference a couple of weeks ago about suicide. There were some interesting facts that I wanted to share. In the United States alone, there are 790,000 suicide attempts made each year out of the general population, with …
Does diabetes have something to do with eating disorders or do eating disorders share a common thread with diabetes? The answer lies somewhere in between, the fact is that both seem to have an effect on each other. A person suffering from diabetes has to exercise strict control on his/her diet, apart from that insulin …
Eating Disorder Organizations Join Forces to Urge Focus on Health and Lifestyle Rather Than Weight (Deerfield, IL) December 9, 2009 – The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), Eating Disorder Coalition (EDC), International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp), and the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) have joined forces and are …
It is possible for an uber-skinny actress to die at a very young age and not have it related to an eating disorder. And apparently, in Britney Murphy’s case, this is true. At least, according to early reports. Without quite the drama of Michael Jackson’s autopsy, her cause of death will be investigated for some …
Only teenage girls suffer from eating disorders. Many eating disorders do begin in the teenage years, but children, men, older women and just about anyone can fall victim to this terrible disorder. You can never fully recover from an eating disorder. Recovery takes a long time, but with hard work and the proper treatment, you …
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