Eating disorders are not just a problem for pre-teens and teenage girls anymore. More and more boys are being diagnosed with one type or another of an eating disorder and so are women in their 40s and 50s. Some of these women are experiencing an eating disorder for the first time and others are relapsing …
Eating disorders are on the rise among children younger than 12 years old, males and minorities, according to previous studies. It is estimated that 0.5 percent of adolescent girls in the United States have anorexia nervosa, and 1 percent to 2 percent meet the criteria for bulimia nervosa. American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Rosen and …
In an interview available through YNN, Lynn Grefe of the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) has stated that openly discussing eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, can open the door to helping those with these potentially life threatening illnesses. She goes on to say that eating disorders are biological conditions that are treatable. …
While most parents have experienced a kid who will not finish his peas at the dinner table, a new study reveals that truly picky eaters may have the beginnings of an eating disorder, otherwise known as a “feeding disorder.” It is important to distinguish between the picky eater who will reject only certain foods, and …
In light of the upcoming National Eating Disorder Awareness week February 20th through the 26th the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) is starting early on raising awareness. This annual event is in its 24th year! How You can Help Raise Awareness “NEDAwareness Week 2011 is already generating interest nationwide, with volunteers coordinating events throughout the …
Regardless, of a person’s religion everyone is a candidate for an eating disorder. Eating disorders do not care what care what nationality you are, where you live, if you are male or female, a five-year-old child or a fifty-year-old woman or man. The only difference is until recently eating disorders in the Jewish communities were …
We have known for sometime that colleges are a prime breeding ground for eating disorders. We have terms such as drunkorexia where the students mostly females decide to drink their meals in the form of alcohol at the parties instead of eating real food. By avoiding the real food, these young women feel they will …
In a recent article I wrote about how watching television can cause eating disorders. The study was performed by Harvard Medical School. It showed that some girls develop a distorted body image caused by watching thin beautiful girls and women on television therefore, creating an eating disorder in some of these television watching girls. Secondhand …
The University of Cincinnati communication researchers are reporting on a new type of social support group as social networks grow on the Web. This emerging Online Negative Enabling Support Group (ONESG) surrounding the pro-anorexia movement is reported in the current issue of the journal, New Media & Society. A Choice Not an Illness The members …
Social Websites like Facebook, may be contributing to eating disorders in girls worldwide: “Facebook, secondhand TV spread eating disorders across the world For parents who think flicking off the tube – or possibly transplanting their kids to a remote island like Fiji – will rescue their teens from the lure of sex, drugs and bulimia …
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