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Activity Trackers Can Be a Danger for People With Eating Disorders

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Activity trackers that monitor daily input and output of calories are helping many people jump-start an exercise routine and become more active. In a society that has become increasingly inactive…

Eating Disorders Can Disguise Themselves as Healthy Weight Loss

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We now understand that people suffering from eating disorders do not have to fit the severely underweight stereotype associated with anorexia nervosa. Unfortunately, this means that it can be even…

Eating Disorders in Men Often Overlooked

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“My anorexia has given me an identity,” Dave Sharma says. “I wasn’t cool or sporty at school, but now I am Mr. Manorexic.”

Pro-Ana Websites Fuel Eating Disorders

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Thinspiration and pro-ana are terms describing a disturbing trend online and especially on social media that involves supporting people in developing eating disorders. Type either term into a search engine…

Dual-Diagnosis: Anorexia and the Prevalence of Self-Harm

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Liv was 12 the first time she shoved away from the dinner table, declaring, “I’m too fat!” Her mother was shocked that such a young girl could have those feelings,…

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Eating Disorders “on the Wire”: An Interview with Jenn Friedman

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Food fuels the body and can nourish the soul. But what happens when it seduces and torments? According to information from the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders:

How to Cope With an Eating Disorder

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You’ve been diagnosed with an eating disorder — now what? You know that your thoughts, feelings and attitudes toward food and eating are not healthful, but how to change? The…

Study Examines New Approach to Treating Eating Disorders

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The development of an eating disorder is believed by experts to have both a biological and an environmental component. The mix of the two influences may differ based on the…

Recognizing and Treating Bulimia

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Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by a recurring pattern of binge eating followed by either purging with laxatives, diuretics, or self-induced vomiting, or through extreme dieting. It is…

Female Athletes at High Risk for Eating Disorders

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The eating disorder risk that female athletes face is intuitive and counter-intuitive at the same time. On the one hand, it’s natural to assume that athletes know how to take…

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Category: Articles>Eating Disorders

Category: Articles>Eating Disorders

Activity Trackers Can Be a Danger for People With Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders Can Disguise Themselves as Healthy Weight Loss

Eating Disorders in Men Often Overlooked

Pro-Ana Websites Fuel Eating Disorders

Dual-Diagnosis: Anorexia and the Prevalence of Self-Harm

Eating Disorders “on the Wire”: An Interview with Jenn Friedman

How to Cope With an Eating Disorder

Study Examines New Approach to Treating Eating Disorders

Recognizing and Treating Bulimia

Female Athletes at High Risk for Eating Disorders

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