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Eating Disorders And Pregnancy
How Do Eating Disorders Affect Pregnancy? Eating disorders can affect pregnancy in a number of ways including premature labor, low birth weight, stillbirth, delayed fetal growth, miscarriage and labor complications. Women who suffer specifically from bulimia will often gain excess weight during pregnancy, which places them at risk for hypertension. Laxatives, diuretics and other medications …
Bulimia Symptoms
Bulimia, also referred to as bulimia nervosa, is one of three common eating disorders that cause serious problems for people who suffer from it. According to the National Institutes of Mental Health, the average age of onset for the disease is 20 years old with more females being affected with bulimia than males. If you …
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Visual Perception Is Skewed In People With Anorexia, Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Abnormalities in the brains of people with eating disorders may explain why body image is such a concern. Researchers from UCLA found that people with anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder have abnormal activity in the brain’s visual cortex, an area responsible for processing perceptions of images. “We now know that these abnormalities may be happening …
Is Eating Disorder Treatment Covered By Health Insurance? Probably Not
In a country where getting health insurance is difficult enough, it’s hard to be picky about your plan. But our nation’s growing trend of eating disorders suggests that health care providers ought to rethink what kind of coverage they offer–and how they classify diseases like anorexia and bulimia. A recent report by Kaiser Health News …
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