Every year in January Tiffany Geiger, who is a senior majoring in Nursing participates in a program at a woman’s center to help young women feel good about their body image. Tiffany’s Story When Tiffany began intensive treatment for her anorexia she only weighted 81 pounds when she graduated from the program she weighted 117 …
A new book called “A Parent’s Guide to Defeating Eating Disorders” by Dr. Ahmed Boachie and Dr. Karin Jasper is available to assist parents to help their children with what the authors describe as a “secretive disease”. The book which is published through Jessica Kingsley Publishers is especially relevant for parents who are often left …
The 15 percent of women with some form of an eating disorder does not include the 24 percent of women (combined statistical) who have anorexia nervosa. These women have one of the other eating disorders such as bulimia, binge eating, over exercising or one of the other eating disorders. The Study The study involved 1500 …
A recent study determined that half a million teenagers have an eating disorders and those numbers only reflect the amount of eating disorders reported. Why so Many eating Disorders go Unreported The majority of unreported eating disorders are teenagers between the ages of thirteen and eighteen just like the teens that have reported it. The …
In a recent study performed at Harvard medical school uncovered that some girls end up with their eating disorder as a result of watching television. It was also reported that several girls with eating disorders who did not have access to a television picked up the habit from their friends who did. The Study Researchers …
The study lead by the University of Florida showed that the psychological Benefits from exercising may be an ideal treatment for people suffering from an eating disorder with the exception to those who suffer from over exercising. The Study Five hundred and thirty nine average weight students participated in the study. The first step in …
Experts in the field of Eating Disorders are beginning to recognize a new and distinct syndrome of disordered eating behavior termed Night Eating Syndrome (NES). NES is thought to affect up to 1.5% of the general population, and up to 16% of overweight individuals. In patients who have undergone bariatric surgery, the incidence may be …
With the national Eating Disorder Awareness Week (February 6-12), coming up there will be several campaigns about raising awareness for eating disorders. It is important to know that an eating disorder can start before a person even realizes it. Statistics “Statistics show that at any time, 45% of women and 25% of men are dieting. …
Is it any wonder eating disorders are on the rise 97% of women having at least one negative thought about their body is bad enough but… the average woman (teen, tween) has thirteen negative body image thoughts a day. Those women are the luckier ones some women admit to have over 30 and others over …
The use of (transcranial magnetic stimulation) TMS to modulate food intake is still a developing therapy, and it is important to keep in mind limitations in study designs when evaluating results. The negative results of this particular study might be due to several reasons: (1) The small sample size of 14 women resulted in a …
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