Eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating disorder are affecting ever younger populations of individuals. Recent studies from around the world indicate a steady increase in the early onset of eating disorders with some children as young as six years old being hospitalized following bouts of binging and purging, laxative abuse and general refusal to eat.
ED News Weekly – Photoshop Destroying Body Image, LIARexics and Understanding Male Eating Disorders
In this weeks edition of Eating Disorders (ED) News Weekly we cover hot topics like Photoshop, LIARexics and understanding more about male eating disorders. Find out what Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet think about Photoshop. Ever heard the term Liar-exic? If not read more to found out more about this new trending term and if you happen to know any Liar-exics. With Men accounting for a higher percentage of eating disorders each year, it’s about time we discover what triggers eating disorders in men.
Sticks And Stones Could Give You Bones
I spent the majority of my life being judged. It started in kindergarten, when another little girl I was playing with on the playground told me that my dress didn’t twirl as much as hers did. She told me because of that, I couldn’t play with her and her friends anymore. I stared down at my recently purchased “baby blue striped frock” and, what was the most “superior dress” in the world to me that morning…
ED News Weekly – Controversial Commercials, Weightloss Surgery for Teens & Bulimic Housewives
So much to discuss this week in Eating Disorder News – Yoplait launches a commercial that has sparked a lot of controversy in claims that it promotes eating disorders, watch the video here and decide for yourself. Housewife of Orange County Alexis Ballino talks about her lifelong struggle with Anorexia and Bulimia. Weightloss Surgery for Teens on the rise. Find out the latest statistics on teens receiving Lapband and other bariatric surgery procedures.
Eating Disorders News Weekly: Sleep Disorders, Pregnancy & Demi Lovato Opens Up
This week in eating disorder news covers – Increased rates of depression during and after pregnancy in women who have suffered from eating disorders; Demi Lovato opens up about her battles with eating disorders, depression, and cutting; Sleep related eating disorders from binge eating at night to eating and sleepwalking. Read more on these three topics in our Eating Disorders in the news weekly wrap-up.
When the going gets tough, the tough CAN’T go back
Most of the time I am very blessed, my life is for the most part a joy. I do however like most people also have my bad times, my bad days, those moments when sometimes life just seems to take one giant crap on my fabulous little head! I also find that these are the times that I like to take a turn on myself. I all of a sudden start to look at that reflection staring back at me in the mirror and start to dissolve all the self-respect…
Chemical Dependency and Eating Disorders
Individuals suffering with eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia or compulsive eating disorder face a number of challenges when it comes to receiving effective care for their disease. The road to recovery is made even harder when the eating disorder co-occurs with a chemical dependency issue. Mental health professionals define this common co-occurrence of a psychiatric disorder and a substance abuse…
Eating Disorder News: OCD Teenagers, Adults with Anorexia & Men with Eating Disorders
This week in eating disorder news we discuss the rise of eating disorders in middle age women; a research study that found a link between obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders in teenagers; and the large number of teenage boys and young males with eating disorders that are commonly overlooked.
To Eat Or Not To Eat: Table for Two?
Recovering from Anorexia is crazy hard, and being 16 and having “Mommy issues” is even harder. Getting pregnant on top of all of that? Well, let’s just say most people would consider that a nightmare. Unfortunately for Kayla Jackson that nightmare is a living reality. The hardest part about an eating disorder is that your drug of choice is NOT something you can avoid. We all need to eat to stay alive, but what if you also have to eat to let another person live?
Dating The Grim Reaper Is Not What I Had In Mind
So if you would have told me six years ago, that I would be putting on a ‘Black Swan’ inspired outfit and stoking myself up for a Lady Gaga Concert, I would have told you that you were off the map crazy! Yet, here I am lacing up some black shiny over the thigh boots and getting ready to go Monster it up!