A common personality trait that is seen in those who suffer from Anorexia is a need/desire to caretake others. This is often seen as the person being people pleasing, and doing anything possible to avoid conflict between those around them. Most often their own needs are put behind the needs of others, many times in …
Poor self image can bring more harm to the person than poor hygiene. This is want one study has concluded after looking into the lives of people who have eating disorders or who are involved in any form of addiction. These people would often stare at mirrors to check about their figures. Those who have …
Imagine that you’re standing in a bakery. Not just any bakery—the best bakery in Paris, its windows fogged, crowded with people who jostle for space in front of its long glass cases. The room is fragrant and you can’t take your eyes off the rows of cinnamon rolls and croissants, iced petits fours, flaky napoleons …
New research suggests that one in every hundred women have damaged neural wiring that increases vulnerability to anorexia. Thousands of girls are predisposed to develop anorexia because of the way their brains developed in the womb, a major study revealed. The report’s authors say schoolchildren could be screened at the age of 8 to identify …
The new movie, “Black Swan,” is all about the world of ballerinas and the world of competitive dancing. Natalie Portman‘s character not only shows signs of anorexia—she’s also bulimic. How can this not seem glamorous to teens and women seeing the movie since? Natalie’s character also totally loses it in a crazy downward spiral. For …
Anorexia has always been viewed as a fatal psychological disease. But that outlook on anorexia is gradually changing, thanks to the many websites which are “pro-anorexia.” These websites give us an alternative view of the disease, saying that anorexia is not an illness but rather a lifestyle choice. Is anorexia really a form of lifestyle, …
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston found that females who are anorexic may look emaciated on the outside, but on the inside they may be storing excess fat in their bone marrow. The recent study results are important for several reasons. First, girls and women who are anorexic typically lose bone mass, making them at great …
Obviously when you are looking for signs of anorexia or bulimia the first thought in your mind would be to look for a change in weight and not really much else. Well that usually is the most obvious sign to look for, but by the time most realize the weight loss, a person has already …
When we think of eating disorders, the two illnesses that quickly pop up into our minds are anorexia nervosa and bulimia. A lot of people often get confused with these two terms, but in reality, there is a world of difference between them. People afflicted with any of these two diseases have a common fear–the …
Anorexia comes from the Greek work which means “lack of appetite”. This loss of appetite can be deeply rooted in the mind of a person who has an obsessive fear of gaining weight and has a distorted image of her body. The fear of getting fat leads to a vicious cycle of starvation and purging, …
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