In an article written by Sarah Luczaj, “Just How Strong is the Link between Anorexia and Suicide?”(March 10, 2008, Counselling Resource.com, website), women suffering from anorexia are 12 times more likely to die from suicide. Read more at Suite101: Eating Disorders and Suicide: Suicide – the Epitome of Self-loathing, Self-hatred Turned Deadly http://www.suite101.com/content/eating-disorders-and-suicide-a101740#ixzz10pRqsxGS Suicide is …
Researcher: Jennifer Bruha, MACP, MAP, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology Through a series of surveys, this study asks women ages 18-50 about their eating patterns & attitudes, and asks them to rate their levels of inner and outer body experience, mindfulness, & behaviors related to body image. You are invited to participate in a web-based study. …
While the start of college is a positive, momentous event for many young people, it also can be an episode that pushes some into a dangerous battle with eating disorders, says University of Alabama at Birmingham Associate Professor of Psychology Mary Boggiano, Ph.D. Stress can trigger an eating disorder, and for the college student who …
Had you asked, I would have thought that given the choice bewteen Christianity and Muslim teens, that Christian teens would be more likely to have an eating disorder. According to new research, I’d be dead wrong. The incidence of eating disorders was found to be 2.3 times higher among Muslim adolescents than among their Christian …
Since 1990, Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders has treated more than 10,000 patients suffering from anorexia, bulimia, anxiety and related issues. On Friday, September 10, Remuda Ranch, along with The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness and The Eating Disorder Network of Central Florida, will celebrate Remuda Ranch’s 20th anniversary with a special …
The Spanish government is proposing to tackle eating disorders by restricting television advertisements for some beauty treatments, slimming products and plastic surgery. The restrictions are attempting to protect young people from developing complexes to do with body image. Understandably, cosmetic pros are upset. Their commercials will only be allowed after 10 pm, when vulnerable children …
Once the “eating disorder as an addiction” paradigm is in place, then and only then can both unhealthy eaters and those supporting them take steps to solve the problem. While there are no overnight solutions, there are paths that eaters can take that head in the right direction: freedom from eating addiction. The first step …
The messages are all around us. Everywhere you look, on television, in newspapers, and in every grocery/drug store in America, we are told that we need to “perfect” ourselves. The diet industry is now a multi-billion dollar industry and is still growing. Yet, the percentage of Americans who are considered “obese” continues to rise. For …
Social Networking and eating disorders have banded together to create an alarming new style of people who are suffering from eating disorders. When a person often isolates him/herself this should be a warning sign to close family and friends that there is something wrong. Social networking has paved the way for persons suffering from eating …
Social causes of eating disorders seem like the favored among the highest ranked causes. It seems like as you notice the world today, everyone is thinking “thin”, in the wrong type of way. Everywhere you see billboards and advertisements that shown models that look like they could be anorexic. The problem with this is that …
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