Compulsive overeating, like the more well-known eating disorders anorexia and bulimia, has some clear physical symptoms, such as weight gain and extreme obesity, but few people know that it can have much more serious symptoms as well. Compulsive overeating is an eating disorder marked by the compulsive urge to eat. It’s common for someone to [...]
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EATING DISORDER AWARENESS WEEK—A SHOUT OUT IS GOOD, BUT A SCREAM IS SO MUCH BETTER!
So Eating Disorder Awareness week is this month. I think everybody expects me to do something spectacular like paint my body purple and go throw sandwiches at Supermodels or something. Well honestly, it’s not anything crazy special for me, because every single day of my life is spent spreading eating disorder awareness. Don’t get me wrong, I am thrilled [...]
EATING DISORDERS AND HALLOWEEN: POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME!!
I walked into the grocery store 3 months ago, and they were already advertising for Halloween. It seems like retailers and advertisers are afraid that we might forget the date, so in order to tattoo it into our psyche, they bombard us with 3 extra aisles of candy that costs $12.00 a bag. They are pretty [...]
THERE’S A PERSON UNDER THAT LABEL
Struggling with an eating disorder is immensely challenging both physically and emotionally. Individuals with anorexia, bulimia or compulsive overeating disorder often suffer in silence. Their conditions are often not acknowledged by themselves or their loved ones, nor diagnosed by a health professional qualified to make a proper assessment of their specific disorder. Indeed, the statistics [...]
THE FIVE Ws AND ONE H BREAKDOWN OF EATING DISORDERS
In journalism, the concept of the five Ws and one H represents a rudimentary approach to gathering information. When investigating a story, reporters rely on this simple formula to assure that they will be able to present a complete picture of the subject being researched. By checking off the answers to the interrogatories: who, what, [...]
Reality TV: Addicted to Food on OWN
So if anybody knows what it is like to be on national TV with your whole eating disorder being exposed, it is I. I have blogged many times on it, and have pretty strong opinions when it comes to anybody and their pain being told to the whole entire world. In 2004, when I was given the opportunity to appear on a national talk show to share my story, it was half out of desperation and half out of the dazzle and bedazzle that…
Am I a Compulsive Overeater?
Food and how we consume it is associated with a considerable range of situations in our lives. Whether we are sitting down to the family dinner, attending a social function of grabbing a meal on the go, how we relate to food can say a lot about who we are and what we are feeling.
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week – February 20-26, 2011
It’s time we started to change the way we view the world of eating disorders, things are starting to change, and they are starting to change for the better. For those who have suffered or who are suffering… now it the time to stand up against all that is ED and tell it we are not gonna take it anymore. What better a time to do this then National Eating Disorder Awareness Week?
Compulsive Overeating Disorder
Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are regularly referenced by the media due to the growing number of celebrities and personalities suffering from the disorders but the number one eating disorder affecting Americans is compulsive overeating disorder.