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 …
Exercise is often seen as a negative thing for eating disorders, but a study shows that some healthy exercise has a positive effect on self-esteem and depression that may actually prevent it: “When treating an eating disorder, exercise is rarely considered therapeutic; it’s more likely to be viewed as dangerous for patients already obsessed with …
Being dubbed as “drunkorexia” by media outlets, alcohol consumption combined with eating disorders are rampant among college campuses. Medical officials warn that these two health harming habits can have grave consequences. “Apart from each other, depriving the brain of adequate nutrition and consuming large amounts of alcohol can be dangerous,” says Victoria Osborne, University of …
In a recent study done by a Harvard research team, they discovered that the majority of eating disorders in college students mostly of the female gender go unnoticed. How an Eating Disorder can go Unnoticed How an eating disorder can go unnoticed actually has a simple answer many college students feel the pressure of fitting …
The holidays and parties can be difficult and stressful for those with eating disorders. Here are tips to make it through this time: “When we think of the holidays, our thoughts often go to family, friends, gift-giving, shopping and, yes, food. Celebrating the season while sharing food with loved ones is part of our collective …
Experts are concerned with the growing number of teenage girls who display early signs and symptoms of anorexia and bulimia. The majority of these girls have a higher risk of developing a drug addiction, mental illness and even a higher rate of abortions. Study A study performed in Melbourne one in ten teenage girls (average …
When children as young as eight years old begin, displaying signs of an eating disorder there is a problem. When the number of children/teens who are diagnosed with an eating disorder increases by 119 percent for children under the age of 12 there is a serious problem. How Pediatric Doctors Plan to Help Recently a …
The word new in this case simply implies the latest eating disorder, which has been around since 1977 and is orthorexia. Many doctors blame society for this eating disorder. It seems everywhere you look you see something related to health and obesity. Weight loss surgeries are on the rise, people (mainly woman) are joining every …
Researchers, scientists, doctors and parents are stunned and concerned to say the least at the rapid rise in eating disorders in children and teens. The numbers of children/teens with eating disorders just continues to go up. What is more upsetting is the age at which some of these children are being diagnosed with an eating …
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