Friday, October, 23, 2009
About Eating Disorders
April 27, 2009
Tennis superstar Monica Seles has written a new memoir about her struggle with binge eating disorder and body image problems. In this interview with The New York Times, Seles details her nine-year battle to get the eating disorder under control, and to uncover the emotional factors that triggered overeating.
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Expert & Community Posts
By Svati
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Health Expert
While casually reading SELF magazine today, I came across a very comprehensive article about...
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By Eileen Bailey
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Health Expert
There are two main types of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Some experts have...
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By Eileen Bailey
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Health Expert
...females) with ADHD may have an increased risk of eating disorders as well. Girls with ADHD are...
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By Florence Cardinal
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Health Expert
...that victims of narcolepsy also often suffer from eating disorders as well. Those who did not...
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By The HealthGal
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Health Expert
Do you even know what a treat is anymore?? I meet people all the time who say -"don't be the food...
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Health Guide
...young adults. However, new research finds that they are increasingly prevalent among young children.
Eating disorders are more difficult to identify in young children because they are rarely...
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Eating disorders are behavioral issues brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional and personality disorders, family pressures, a possible genetic or...
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The first major difficulty in treating
eating disorders is resistance by everyone involved:The anorexic patient often believes that the emaciation is normal and even attractive.The bulimic...
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Therapy
Eating disorders are nearly always treated with some form of psychiatric or psychologic treatment. Depending on the problem, different psychologic approaches may work better than...
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CausesThere is no single cause for
eating disorders. Although concerns about weight and body shape play a role in all
eating disorders, the actual cause of these disorders appear to result from many...
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Medications
Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used to treat depression, anxiety... Read more »
Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used to treat depression, anxiety... Read more »
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October 03, 2008
A small study has found that people with narcolepsy also often report a persistent craving for food and binge eating. Among the 60 patients with the...
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October 02, 2008
The treatment options for people with eating disorders are very female-focused, some experts say. A reporter from The Wall Street Journal explores...
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October 02, 2008
A new survey suggests that binge eating is a more common eating disorder than either anorexia or bulimia. Binge eating has a genetic component,...
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