Thirty years ago we may have laugh at the site of women who wear rings on there neck to stretch it. Today, we can see longer necks in more women than those who have placed rings on them. The culture that is being adapted is Hollywood culture. It is a culture that creates gods and …
Haley Hatch Freeman was raised in a small Utah town on a cattle ranch. She led a generally happy childhood until life took a dramatic turn in her early teenage years. Her struggle with anorexia started and carried on for nearly a year. Her newly released non-fiction book, A Future for Tomorrow, depicts her fierce …
In case you missed the brou-ha-ha last week, there was significant public backlash against Abercrombie and Fitch last week in response to their new push-up bra bikini top. Apparently the little girl set should be embarrassed that they are developing normally and do not yet have any cleavage to show to the boy next door. …
Every parent should ask their therapist these question before they give them access to their child: 1. What do you think causes this illness? 2. Did you suffer from anorexia and if so, do you still have anorexic thoughts? 3. What “issues” do you deal with in therapy? Have you found that there are common …
There are many out there who are completely unaware of bulimia as a eating disorder. Any other words, there are people who are so likely to believe that a person can have bulimia at all. They may say that it is just in your mind or that your purging just because you ate something bad. …
Bride-to-be Britt Pilton, 29, feared she would eventually be forced to quit the job she loved after a 12 month ordeal. Even when she approached her union for help, her tormentor found out and ‘pumped up the pressure’, the hearing was told. ‘This one person would go round and bully a different teacher until they …
Bulimia does not help with weight loss. However, what such patients do not realize is that the longer they practice this behavior, the less effective it is in maintaining body weight. Bulimia can make some people gain weight Bulimia can make weight fluctuate Bulimia can make people have a higher set-point weight. Did you know…? …
Bulimia nervosa is a type of eating disorder which can be characterized by eating recurrently and frequently large amounts of food (binge-eating), and a subsequent feeling of lack of control over the eating. For the case of Bulimia Nervosa, binge-eating is followed by a attempt to compensate for the binge, such as purging (i.e. vomiting, …
Free bulimia treatment from home? You have no excuse not to check into this. The University of North Carolina’s Eating Disorders Program is conducting a research study to treat bulimia. Eligible patients will receive group therapy specifically designed to reduce binge eating episodes and purging at no cost. Patients will receive 16 sessions of group …
I received this in an email from a professional member of the Academy of Eating Disorders. This paragraph speaks for itself. My purpose is not just to present graphic and frightening information, but to emphasize the real dangers associated with purging behaviors. “I lost a patient with AN-B/P type to an intra-cranial hemorrhage. She was …
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