Eating Disorders Articles

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• Tips for Friends and Family of Someone with an Eating Disorder
  Accept that there are no quick easy solutions for recovery from an eating disorder. Therapists, physicians and other experts have no magic cure. If your loved one is to get lasting recovery, she needs to ...
• Treatment for Bulimia
  Treatment of bulimia, as with all eating disorders, can be challenging. Effective treatment addresses the underlying emotional and mental health issues -- issues ...
• What Is Binge Eating Disorder?
  People with binge eating disorder feel both emotionally and physically out of control of their eating. Consequently, remorse and emotional anguish are common. Unlike the patient with bulimia, the binge eater does not compensate after ...
• Complications of Binge Eating
  The problems associated with binge eating are related to obesity. Since people consume so many calories in a short period of time, and generally do not burn them off, they tend to put on a ...
• Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder
  Binge-eating is similar to bulimia in that it involves a person binging on food, or overeating. Unlike bulimia, however, there is ...
• Coping With Denial in Eating Disorders
  What if the person you care about refuses to admit there is a problem? This is often the case with teenagers in general, and with anorexia nervosa at any age. Whether you merely suspect there ...
• Holiday Stress: A Resourceful Survivor’s Guide
  Here's your chance to enjoy a serene Christmas—or Ramadan or Kwanzaa or Hanukkah The holidays are supposed to be joyous occasions marked by meaningful traditions, family connections, spiritual rejuvenation and just plain fun. Instead, for many ...
• Addicted to Exercise
  When working out shifts from a healthy habit to obsession Do you think it would be great to love exercising so much you couldn't quit? Does the image of a svelte waistline, slender hips and shapely ...
• Defeating Depression’s Funk-to-Fat Cycle
  For many depressed people, exercise is excruciating. But it may be what they need to recover. As many depression sufferers can attest, feeling down is likely to lead to slowing down. It's not uncommon for once-active ...