Special Considerations for Staging an Eating Disorder Intervention Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNSeptember 20, 2011By Meghan Vivo Interventions have introduced the concept of recovery to millions of addicts, but they’re also a life-saving tool for those suffering from eating disorders. While it is true that eating disorders are different illnesses than addiction, the intervention process can be remarkably similar. Like addiction interventions, eating disorder interventions involve family and friends…
Anorexia Fulfills Need to Belong Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNSeptember 13, 2011Anorexia nervosa is very difficult to treat. Patients often struggle to maintain healthy eating choices after finishing treatment and relapse easily. The danger of relapse is significant: Of all mental disorders, anorexia has the highest death rate, higher than either schizophrenia or depression.
The Young and Sexy: Eating Disorders Take a Toll Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNJuly 25, 2011Who hasn’t struggled with a few extra pounds here and there, clothes fitting too tight, making it hard to breathe or even move around easily? The truth is that one-third of Americans in 2008 were obese, according to a new study just published by Lancet. All that blubber accumulating around American waistlines is cause for…
5 Common Myths about Eating Disorders Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNJuly 18, 2011Did you know that eating disorders of all kinds – anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder – are occurring with greater frequency worldwide? Did you also know that eating disorders have a 15% incidence rate in people between their teens and twenties? Or are you aware that eating disorders most often occur in conjunction…
Magazines with Older Audience Feature Young Models Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNJune 29, 2011Many eating disorder experts agree that the media plays a significant role in the development of eating disorders for some women. Among those women now representing a significant portion of those with eating disorders are older women over the age of 35. While some of them experience eating disorder symptoms revived from adolescent problems, some…
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a Risk for Developing Eating Disorders Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNJune 23, 2011Those with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa often share some traits with individuals who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder. Eating disorders are characterized by compulsive behaviors that surround not only eating rituals and habits developed to rid the body of calories, but also the concealing of the eating disorder. People with eating disorders often establish…
Extreme Fitness Masks Eating Disorders Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNMay 31, 2011The media has long been accused of presenting images that raise physical standards of beauty to impossibly high levels. Young girls, it has been argued, are extremely susceptible to comparing themselves to others, and the constant exposure to celebrities and models that are made to look perfect create feelings of inadequacy in girls. Now attention…
Stereotyped Beliefs about Eating Disorders May Keep Some Sufferers Silent Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNMay 1, 2011Millions of people who suffer from eating disorders are outside the parameters of preconceived notions about disorders like bulimia or anorexia. They aren’t Caucasian. They may be older, or they may be male.
Equine Therapy May Reconnect Areas of Trust, Acceptance for Patients with Eating Disorders Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNApril 25, 2011Can spending time with a horse help release some of the core issues associated with eating disorders? Some experts, like Gina Kolata, author of “Rethinking Thin,” believe so. Equine therapy has been used successfully for substance abuse addictions, and may soon enter the field of eating disorder treatments with a strong presence.
Eating Disorders in Midlife Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNApril 14, 2011Eating disorders are often believed to be an adolescent disease, affecting only girls in their teen years and striking mostly white females in higher socioeconomic neighborhoods. In recent years, however, many other population groups are showing that they, too, suffer from eating disorders. Children are increasingly being diagnosed with eating disorders, and males of all…
