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Body Image and Reality: Changing Perspectives?

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

More than 300 million adults worldwide are overweight, and they're increasingly failing to recognize the problem, a recent survey has found. The data comes from 853 men and 944 women living in Great Britain in ...

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Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Healing Therapy or Just Hype?

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Whether it’s a nuzzle of their wet nose, a game of fetch or a walk around the block, spending time with our pets can make us feel better, calmer and even happier. Indeed, studies suggest ...

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Preventing Obesity in Children

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Researchers have found that an educational program designed to help children stop drinking soda has had no long-term impact on obesity. An estimated ten percent of children worldwide are overweight. Drinking sugared soda seems to ...

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My Genes Made Me Do It

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Americans are increasingly likely to attribute their own — and others' — behavior to innate biological causes. At best that may relieve guilt about behavior we want to change but can't. The quest for genetic ...

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Learning More About Obesity

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Obesity is one of the nation’s fastest-growing and most troubling health problems. Unless you act to address the emotions behind why you overeat, you could be facing long-term problems. Obesity is one of the nation’s fastest-growing ...

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A Brief Overview of Eating Disorders

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

In a society that continues to prize thinness even as Americans become heavier than ever before, almost everyone worries about their weight at least occasionally. People with eating disorders take such concerns to extremes, developing ...

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Why Are You Overeating?

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

I believe that the basis of compulsive eating is emotional and that people really need to learn to listen to their hungers. It's important for them to eat when they're hungry, to stop when they've ...

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Obesity and Mental Health

Monday, May 21st, 2007

The world population is becoming rounder, and each year the situation is worsening. The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that we are in the grip of a global epidemic, and it is estimated by the ...

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Get Ready To Diet

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Being ready to lose weight involves many things. There is definite preparation to be done, and without the right kind of preparation, it is unlikely that you will be able to maintain your weight-loss effort. ...

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Study Gives Hope for Anorexics’ Future

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Previous research has indicated a high rate of mortality and illness for patients with anorexia nervosa. A recent Swedish study, however, found positive long-term outcomes for adolescent anorexics. Dr. Frank Lindblad and colleagues at ...

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A Family Guide to Eating Disorders, Part 2: Identification and Treatment

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

In Part 1 of this Guide, we focused on strategies for preventing the development of eating disorders in children. In Part 2, we will turn to the warning signs of eating disorders, how to get ...

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A Family Guide to Eating Disorders, Part 1: Prevention

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

How much should you worry if your teenager starts to claim she's not hungry, eliminates foods from her diet, or expresses worry about becoming fat? When does "fussy" or diet-like eating go too far? How ...

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What To Do if a Family Member Has an Eating Disorder

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Accept that there are no quick and easy solutions for recovery from an eating disorder. Therapists, physicians and other eating disorder experts have no magic cure. If your loved one is to get lasting recovery, ...

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Treatment and Management of Eating Disorders

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Persons with eating disorders often have difficulty admitting that they have a serious problem, and in many cases, particularly with anorexia, family or friends must persuade the individual to seek treatment. In treating anorexia nervosa, the ...

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Overeating vs. Binge Eating

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

About one-third of all Americans are overweight, and not all of them are binge eaters. Most of us find ourselves eating too much at one time or another. At Thanksgiving, or other special occasions, it ...

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