Eating disorders
For some of us, being the wrong size or shape leads to behaviour that ruins or even threatens our lives. What support is available? What professional help is available? Both diseases are much more than 'slimming diseases' - people use destructive ... [... more]
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Elisabeth Guthrie
In America's hypercompetitive culture, children are being suffocated by our quest to make them the best. As competitive parenting has been on the rise since the 1980s, so have rates of teen suicide, eating disorders, depression, and drug use. Yet ... [... more]
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Binge eating - Overview - Introduction
National Health Service (NHS); Binge eating;Eating disorders Information on Binge eating from NHS Choices including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, risks and treatment and with links to other useful resources Binge eating is an eating disorder ... [... more]
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Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is a common eating disorder that often starts with normal dieting to lose weight, but turns into a form of intentional starvation, causing a person to become dangerously underweight. People with anorexia nervosa become obsessed ... [... more]
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All topic contents
Anger management Anger management Coping skills Negative thoughts Reducing tension Relaxation Responding to stress Sleep and rest Thought diaries Alzheimer's disease and dementia Anxiety disorders Depression Eating disorders Mania and bipolar ... [... more]
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Bulimia nervosa
Bulimia is an eating disorder characterised by repeated episodes of overeating and a preoccupation with the control of body weight. Studies have shown that up to 1 per cent of the population is suffering from bulimia nervosa at any one time, and ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder affecting mainly girls or women, although boys or men can also suffer from it. It usually starts in the teenage years. The cause of anorexia nervosa is unknown. Both biological and social factors play a ... [... more]
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Bulimia
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder where a person has a fear of becoming fat. People with bulimia binge, then make themselves sick and/or use laxatives to help maintain their 'normal' weight. Binge eating, self-induced vomiting and the ... [... more]
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Michele Siegel
Michele Siegel, Ph.D., initiated the idea for this book and was co-founder with Judith Brisman of the Eating Disorder Resource Center. She died in 1993. [... more]
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Michele Siegel
Michele Siegel, Ph.D., initiated the idea for this book and was co-founder with Judith Brisman of the Eating Disorder Resource Center. She died in 1993. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Kate M. Taylor
Kate Taylor is a culture reporter at the New York Sun; her writing has also appeared in Slate and the New Yorker. She lives in New York. Here, collected for the first time, 19 writers describe their eating disorders from the distance of recovery, ... [... more]
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Boston Children's Hospital
A Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders and Obesity (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Series) Boston Children's Hospital C. Everett Koop [... more]
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