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Eating Disorders
2009-09-21 03:01:00 A detailed booklet that describes the different types of eating disorders, symptoms, and treatments.
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Is DogPause® The Answer To Some Dog Eating Disorders?
2008-08-21 22:54:00 "Wolfing down food" is instinctive to wolves because if they don't eat their prey fast, another animal will. Unfortunately for many domestic dogs, they've inherited that instinct from wolves and wild dogs, but because of the domestic dog's more delicate digestive system, wolfing it down (or "wooffing it down") might end up as dog bulimia. Food and Drink Gadgets Health Home Innovation Inventor Lifestyle Pets Products Shopping
Is DogPauseĀ® The Answer To Some Dog Eating Disorders?
2008-08-21 22:54:00 "Wolfing down food" is instinctive to wolves because if they don't eat their prey fast, another animal will. Unfortunately for many domestic dogs, they've inherited that instinct from wolves and wild dogs, but because of the domestic dog's more delicate digestive system, wolfing it down (or "wooffing it down") might end up as dog bulimia. Food and Drink Gadgets Health Home Innovation Inventor Lifestyle Pets Products Shopping
A is for average-weight, F is for fat
2008-06-05 16:38:00 The practice of reporting students’ body mass scores to parents originated a few years ago as just one tactic in a war on obese children. Some school districts like Miami’s and New York City’s are even issuing personalized fitness reports for students that list their abdominal crunches and the pace of their one-mile runs ...
Eating disorder by Nintendo?
2008-06-04 16:48:00 The new Wii Fit game has drawn heavy criticism (from obesity experts nonetheless!) for promoting negative body images and even eating disorders amongst its youngest vidiots. After its British debut in mid-May, a parent spoke out against the game after it labeled her healthy 4′ 9″ 10-year old athletic daughter as overweight. Devastated, ...
Farewell classes, hello summer!
2008-06-03 20:34:00 I admit it: I?m a nerd. I like school. I like taking classes. Before I met my husband, I sat in on classes offered in the summer ?for fun.? On my degree audit for my undergraduate degree, I have nearly as many classes that don?t count for my degree as I ...
Rachel Moss and the WisCon drama
2008-05-29 14:59:00 There are two kinds of regret: regrets of omission (things not done) and regrets of commission (things done). I bet Rachel Moss is really kicking herself over the latter. Quick summary: Moss, a young college student, attended the feminist sci-fi convention WisCon, where she photographed fat, disabled and trans people (including children) without their permission ...
Food Fantasies and Other Tales of Food and Love
2008-05-28 15:00:00 The stereotypical eating disorder sufferer is an adolescent, white female and comes from a middle- to upper-class family. Eating disorders know no gender, ethnic, age or class lines, but there is some truth to the stereotype: Eating disorders are most prevalent in communities where food is abundant. Russian writer Lara Vapnyar has a lovely story in ...
Memorial Day: A Day of perspective
2008-05-26 17:34:00 “For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you… in the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. ~ Leviticus Today is Memorial Day and as a historian, I thought it only fitting if we explore the relatively unknown but highly symbolic origins of the day. More ...
Inpatient Or Outpatient Treatment: Which Should You Attend?
2008-05-22 21:36:00 What is Inpatient Treatment? Inpatient treatment is a type of treatment in which a patient is provided with 24 hour care at a live-in facility. Both psychiatric and physical health assistance are included in this treatment. In most cases, patients will stay at inpatient treatment facilities for months at a time.
Are Eating Disorders Age-Related?
2008-05-20 22:06:00 Adults & Eating Disorders The idea that only teen girls and college students develop eating disorders is a common misconception. In truth, men and women of all ages suffer from these types of disorders. Older women and men are an age group that is frequently overlooked in regards to eating disorders, but one that should be ...
?Fitness freaks bad for your figure? - Low self-esteem bad for your mind
2008-05-14 16:42:00 I tore out this snippet I found in one of those “health” magazines at my doctor’s office. You know the kind… the ones that purport to be about health and yet the first half of the magazine is devoted to “losing weight” and “looking better.” Yeah, well, it was either that or read ...
The role of religion/spirituality in healing
2008-05-13 04:32:00 The recent death of Polly Ann Williams struck a chord with a lot of people. Even now, months after her suicide, she remains among the top ten search words leading people here to this site and my eulogy to her remains one of the most visited entries since I began the site last January. ...
The Digest: Harriet Brown kudos, new feed, super-skinny models, and why we
2008-05-12 17:19:00 I’ve got lots of school stuff to catch up on, so here’s a quick round-up of related topics in the blogosphere and news. Congratulations to Harriet Brown, who announced this week that HarperCollins has purchased the rights to her next book, Brave Girl Eating. The memoir follows the Brown family’s struggle to cope with daughter ...
Eating Disorders: Group Parent Training, Recruiting Participants
2008-05-11 00:00:00 While parents are considered essential for the effective treatment of adolescents with anorexia nervosa, the most effective manner to involve parents in treatment is unknown.
Walk for mental illness
2008-05-07 21:44:00 I’m participating in a walk this Saturday to benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The organization is holding more than 200 walks across 69 cities this year to help benefit people with mental illness. To check for walks in your area, see here. I was diagnosed with both depression and an eating disorder ...
Read an excerpt from Marya Hornbacher?s new memoir
2008-05-04 03:39:00 Remember Marya Hornbacher’s new memoir of her experiences with bipolar disorder? Now you can read a free excerpt from Madness: A Bipolar Life offered by the British Telegraph. This particular passage seems to pick up where Hornbacher’s eating disorder memoir Wasted leaves off, with Hornbacher in her early 20s and struggling to cope ...
New Eating Disorders Feed and Group
2008-04-30 15:41:00 The fabulous FatFu (of the famed Notes from the Fatosphere feed), has helped me set up a eating disorders feed I call the Eating Disorders Digest. I’ve also set up a Yahoo! Group called Eating Disorder Studies for activists at all levels to discuss the medical, social, and cultural studies on eating disorders, and ...
[Obvious] Poll finds that 65% of women have eating disorders, with the domi
2008-04-27 05:23:00 MSNBC
Rethinking fat stereotypes
2008-04-24 17:44:00 Fatness isn?t always caused by inactivity and a scarfing down of Twinkies. As anyone who has struggled with weight will attest, weight loss and gain aren?t always simple matters of ?choice.? Here are some other reasons besides gluttony and sloth why one may be fat.
EATING DISORDERS WIDESPREAD AMONG U.S. WOMEN, SURVEY FINDS
2008-04-24 11:00:00 Three-quarters of women display unhealthy thoughts or behaviorsSixty-five percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 report having disordered eating behaviors, according to the results of a new survey. The survey was conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina, in partnership with Self Magazine.An additional 10 percent of women report symptoms consistent with eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, meaning that a total of 75 percent of all American women endorse some unhealthy thoughts, feelings or behaviors related to food or their bodies."Our survey found that these behaviors cut across racial and ethnic lines and are not limited to any one group," said Cynthia R. Bulik, Ph.D., William and Jeanne Jordan Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders in the UNC School of Medicine's department of psychiatry and director of the UNC Eating Disorders Program.More information & link to complete story: http://www.consu...
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How Stress, Abuse, And Media Exposure Trigger Eating Disorders
2008-04-22 18:57:00 Who has Eating Disorders? Anyone can develop an eating disorder. However, approximately 90% of eating disorders take place in women. Teens and those in their 20?s form the most likely age groups in which eating disorders take place.
Self Magazine not so selfless
2008-04-22 17:20:00 Sixty-five percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 report having disordered eating behaviors, according to the results of a new survey by SELF Magazine in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An additional 10 percent of women report symptoms consistent with eating disorders such as anorexia, ...
The Weekly Digest: Related topics in the news
2008-04-22 16:33:00 I’ve got lots of blog post ideas and not enough time to write them. Here’s a few quick hits of related topics in the news. A new study reveals the obvious: one’s social environment affects eating disorder development. A study of high school students showed a small, but significant clustering effect in ...
Mental health talk on NPR?s TOTN
2008-04-17 20:50:00 NPR’s Talk of the Nation is currently addressing the issue of mental health services on college campuses in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting (audio available later this evening). They’re continuing the conversation tomorrow on how colleges and others can identify and help those with mental health issues. With estimates placing some ...
Joy and sorrow, an anecdote
2008-04-16 18:08:00 My university?s wellness center is celebrating this week as Body Acceptance Week. While perusing the center?s website, I happened across its Dimensions of Wellness. I?ve always insisted mental health ought be considered in our perception of health and wellness, but the center includes other aspects that I and too many others may not ...
Attention Brit women with eating disorders
2008-04-16 14:00:00 Taken from the British eating disorder organization b-eat’s website: The British TV production company betty is making a one hour documentary on eating disorders as part of the BBC Learning campaign about body image & mental health issues. The film will seek to raise awareness that anorexia and bulimia are not conditions that just affect teenage girls. ...
Chicago Tribune: We should all be orthorexics
2008-04-11 18:26:00 Every so often the media makes a big deal of certain eating disorders which have been commonplace for decades. Several months ago, diabulimia was the topic du jour, then it was drunkorexia and now it seems to be orthorexia. According to the blog EWHAED, 20/20 has expressed interest in doing a segment on ...
The French take on anorexia
2008-04-10 14:00:00 The Associated Press reports that French fashion industry representatives have signed a government-backed charter pledging not to encourage eating disorders and to promote healthy body images. The government-backed document asks signatories to promote “a diversity of body representations” and “not to show images of people that could help promote a model of extreme thinness.” While ...
Health tips for people with an eating disorder
2008-04-09 19:21:00 My co-blogger Charlynn over at the Disordered Times recently discovered she has osteopenia, a precursor to osteoporosis, as the result of her eating disorder. She is 26 years old and she has the bones of a woman more than twice her age. Charlynn gave some great advice to others who may also be ...
She who orders the smallest salad ?wins?
2008-04-07 16:50:00 I admit it ? I like to read the gossip scoops on MSNBC brimming with the latest Britney Spears debacle or rumor of an impending George Clooney marriage. But in reading about the recent lunch of pals Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham, I have to wonder if sharing the details of their food choices ...
The tyranny of (airbrushed) perfection
2008-04-06 21:09:00 Readers here are probably familiar with the awful and scary Faith Hill photoshopping controversy that circulated the blogosphere recently. And of course, many of us have seen Dove’s Evolution video, which chronicles the transformation of an ordinarily pretty woman to billboard supermodel in under 60 seconds. But you’d think a celebrity like Keira ...
Healthy eating 101
2008-04-02 14:00:00 The Sacramento Bee has republished the National Eating Disorders Association’s 10 Tips on how to promote healthy relationships with food to kids (and adults). I think it deserves a reposting here, too. 1. Eat when you are hungry. Stop eating when you are full. 2. There are no “good” or “bad” foods, so eat ...
The Weekly Digest: Related topics in the news
2008-04-01 17:55:00 A roundup of related topics in the news… DIED Fat activist Jeanne Toombs has passed away due to complications of pneumonia. Am active board member of NAAFA, Toombs also spearheaded efforts to assist in the passing of the bill that would add height and weight to the protected classes in Massachusetts. Expressions of sympathy may ...
Family Life: How Eating Disorders Change Everything
2008-03-28 18:43:00 Eating Disorders Eating disorders are not only physically demanding they also can negatively affect your social life and emotional well-being. Setting unrealistic standards or feeling depressed and lonely are common factors associated with an eating disorder.
?Liberally coated in doughnut batter??
2008-03-27 16:30:00 If for no other reason than the hilarious quote above, I am posting this great article on plus-size model Crystal Renn. Four years ago, Renn epitomized the size-zero super-wraith model: 98 pounds and about to starve herself even thinner. Now back to a healthy size 16, she’s on a mission - and, ironically, more ...
Memo to MeMe: This is why fat is a feminist issue
2008-03-26 20:28:00 During The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet in which Mo and I appeared alongside the one-woman-anti-obesity-organiza-tion-founder MeMe Roth, Roth didn’t quite seem to get the connections between feminism and fat rights or feminism and body size acceptance or feminism and eating disorders or feminism and well, anything else. Her exact words were, according ...
How To Prevent Eating Disorders in Sports
2008-03-26 09:27:00 If you coach middle or long distance, you really have to watch out for eating disorders, particularly in female athletes. There is so much pressure to be thin and light. One has look at all the successful distance runners out there, African or non-African, and their body types are all the same: stick thin. ...
Full circle: Making exercise ?fun? again
2008-03-25 21:23:00 Sanjay Gupta is presented by media outlets as the wonder doctor of all fields, the Doogie Howser neurosurgeon extraordinaire who can just as effortlessly deliver a baby as he can diagnose rare genetic diseases. Gupta is quite accomplished and boasts an impressive array of credentials and qualifications, but considering his career as the medical ...
Shades of gray and research, too
2008-03-24 21:08:00 I don’t react well to stress, which is to say, I often freak out about and over-dramaticize those situations in which even the minute of forces are beyond my control. It’s the same kind of classic black and white thinking that helped structure and bolster my eating disorder. Like every quarter of my undergraduate and ...
Self-Injury Among Those With Eating Disorders & Addiction
2008-03-24 20:59:00 What is Self-Injury? Self-injury is a type of harm that a person purposely inflicts on their own body. This harm can come in a number of different forms. While to some self-injury seems ridiculous, for those who practice self-injury, it can be a hard habit to break. Self-injury may be used as a form of coping ...
Beinggirl pulls article promoting eating disorders
2008-03-24 16:11:00 Thanks to everyone who heeded the call for action and wrote in to www.beinggirl.com site sponsors Tampax and P & G about an article promoting eating disordered behavior to young girls. The article has now been removed, but you can still read the sad and tragic comments it elicited from its young demographic archived ...
Help out eating disorders research
2008-03-19 03:31:00 I received an email request from Brittan Davis, a psychology major at Baldwin-Wallace College, who is doing year-long independent study under the advisement of Debora Esty, Ph.D., for reader assistance to aid in her research. Readers of First, Do No Harm might remember Dr. Esty as the same doctor who posted a survey for ...
Who needs terrorism?
2008-03-17 18:05:00 This is a follow-up to the call for action on article featured on the Tampax/Procter & Gamble website www.beinggirl.com. Titled ?What Does the War Have to Do With Your Weight?,? the article ?reassures? young girls that they aren?t alone in their emotional overeating, and provide 9 irresponsible and potentially harmful ?tips? on how to ...
Firing eating disorder triggers
2008-03-17 05:06:00 Several weeks ago, I wrote a story on a candlelight vigil and walk to commemorate National Eating Disorders Awareness Week organized by a local psychologist who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders (I swear I will post the photos and recap of the event soon). Such specialists are a rarity in Cincinnati, a ...
Call for action: Site for adolescent teens promotes eating disorders
2008-03-15 18:18:00 A reader alerted Kate Harding to this disturbing article on the www.beinggirl.com website, sponsored by Tampax and parent company Procter & Gamble. It appears that the American president and his grand old party aren’t the only ones catastrophizing and capitalizing on fears of terrorism. Titled “What Does the War Have to Do With Your ...
The world in weight: The weekly round-up
2008-03-15 17:07:00 A round-up of related topics in the news: Adolescent girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to develop eating disorders than girls without ADHD, a new study has found. The findings have appeared in the current issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Related news story here. The news story doesn’t go ...
Weight loss for everyone!
2008-03-12 18:59:00 After I had lost about a third of my body weight on The Diet Turned Eating Disorder, friends, family and co-workers all encouraged me to stop (what they thought was) the diet. “You look great,” they’d gush and then more sternly, “Now stop dieting.” I, of course, took their mostly well-intentioned compliments as indicators ...
Eating disorders in the Jewish community
2008-03-12 16:12:00 Via Big Fat Deal, comes a report on the little known phenomena of eating disorders within the Orthodox Jewish community. Monique’s commentary is in response to related posts at Jezebel and Jewcy on the subject. Jewcy writer Tamar Fox cites an article in Forward about yet another Lurlene McDaniel’esque film banally ...
Identifying Common Eating Disorders Part Three
2008-03-10 00:00:00 Eating Disorders are common and effect all demographics, ethnicities, and both men and women. Compulsive overeating is one of the more overlooked of these, and if often confused with Anorexia or Bulimia Nervosa, since many of the triggers and symptoms are very similar. This disorder is characterized by an addiction to food, and ... |
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