Anorexia can be thought of as affecting only women, but many men suffer from it as well: “When actor Dennis Quaid confessed that he had suffered a long, difficult and secret bout with “manorexia,” there was a collective sigh of relief from specialists working with men and eating disorders. A man, and a famous one …
Actress Portia de Rossi opens up about her battle with anorexia: “It was early in her acting career, but already Portia de Rossi seemed to have it all. The Australian actress, who’d begun her life in the spotlight as a model at age 12, landed a role in 1998 on the hit ABC series “Ally …
Even though social media blogging sites such as Tumblr and Pinterest have banned content that promotes eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, the damaging sites are still around. The blogs which often contain images of extremely thin women along with messages promoting self-starvation techniques can be especially triggering for anyone who is struggling with …
A report form the Children’s Hospital in Boston reported after a study that females (the study participants were all female) with anorexia nervosa have high level of fat cells in their bone marrow. The Study Participants Forty young women participated in the study twenty of which were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and twenty who did …
An Orthodox Jewish woman shares her story of fasting and anorexia: “Hilary Waller remembers begging her mother to let her fast on Yom Kippur. At 10 years old she was a bit too young, but embracing the rigid discipline seemed desperately important. “It felt like I was practicing not eating. It was something that was …
Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa affects nine out of every 1000 teenage girls and women in the United States alone. A woman suffering from anorexia has an irrational fear of weight gain. Even though she may be 5’ 6” and only weight 90 pounds, she sees herself as overweight. Genetic Discovery Scientists at The Children’s Hospital …
Many celebrities like Rihanna are fighting back against one reality star making horrible tweets about being anorexic: “REALITY TV star Kenneth Tong has been blasted by celebrities for a sick web campaign promoting anorexia. The 25-year-old Scot came under fire from R&B star Rihanna after posting a string of messages on Twitter claiming he wanted …
The social blog platform Tumblr has announced that it plans to ban blogs that promote self-harm and glorify eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia. Up until now Tumblr has provided a venue for these pro-anorexia eating disorder sites that provide instructions, encouragement, and/or graphic photographs devoted to dangerous weight loss practices and unhealthy behaviors. …
A boy reveals his decent into anorexia as a teen and how is has recovered: “Sitting in the waiting room at a clinic two hours from my hometown in Alabama, I brushed the bangs of my long hair so that I couldn’t see my face reflected in the glass door. Beside me sat a woman …
A look at the temperament of perfectionism and how it is related to anorexia: “Temperament is generally defined as innate early emotional and behavioral characteristics that precede puberty and adult development. Felt to have significant genetic components, temperament is also potentially influenced by environmental factors. There are a variety of temperament domains that have received …
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