An article in the North Shore News has drawn attention to the importance of promoting positive body image messages within the fashion industry. The article focuses on Rachel McHollister, the owner of a boutique public relations firm, and someone who has suffered from anorexia for 13 years. Rachel admits that treatment for her anorexia along …
A recent article in the Marietta Daily Journal highlights one woman’s struggle to overcome anorexia nervosa. She has come forward to tell her story in the hope that others may be helped from her experience with the deadly eating disorder. April Kelley appeared to have a regular life as a happily married woman, foster Mom, …
An author touches on the struggles on anorexia in her book The Last Line: “A YOUNG woman from Whetstone is hoping to raise awareness of anorexia among teenagers and young adults in her first published novel. Azzurra Bertoncini, 24, wrote her novel The Last Line after interviewing author Ola Laniyan Amoako while doing work experience …
A new study from the University of Oxford has found an association between being born in springtime months and later developing anorexia. The trial was a meta-analysis that pooled data from four cohorts of patients diagnosed with anorexia. The included including 1293 patients from the United Kingdom. Researchers found a disproportionate number of people diagnosed …
A new study published online in the “International Journal of Eating Disorders,” provides evidence that there may be a biological difference in the brains of anorexic women that explains why they experience anxiety when eating while most normal people experience pleasure. In the study 10 women who had been in recovery from anorexia for 1 …
A book by Harriet Brown called Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia is providing a fascinating glimpse into the devastating effects of anorexia upon the entire family. The book describes the ordeal of Kitty (Harriet’s teenage daughter) as she struggles with anorexia. It also covers the frustration and distress experienced by parents who …
The school a girl attends could affect her risk factor of being diagnosed with an eating disorder. More eating disorders happen in schools that have a higher proportion of female students and those where more parents are university educated. The Study This new study and the results are the conclusion that was reached by a …
The longer a person has anorexia, the more likely their DNA will become negatively altered, according to new research. Researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute report that consequences of DNA changes can bring about gene expressions that affect emotional and psychological processes and behaviors. “These findings help clarify the point that eating disorders …
Everyone knows about Facebook, it has become a global phenomenon and an active site for social interaction and comparison. With the increase in the use of technology, there is a positive correlation with decreased body image in young females. In a study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, 960 college females were evaluated …
For many years, people visiting YouTube have accidentally or intentionally encountered so-called “pro-ana” videos that perpetuate the virtues of the deadly disease anorexia. However, a new Norwegian research study found that individuals against these websites have mounted a response. Now, a vast amount of anorexia-themed videos posted to YouTube actually encourage people to recover and …
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