Anorexia Articles

Kids with Emotional Problems Risk Adult Obesity

Monday, September 14th, 2009
Researchers know that people what are overweight or obese often have low self-esteem and emotional problems. However, the experts do ...

Pre-Teens Concerned with Body Image

Monday, August 31st, 2009
A new study suggests children are concerned over their body shape as early as the fourth or fifth grade. Researchers studied 4,254 Canadian ...

Extreme Exercise Can Be Unhealthy Addiction

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
The increasing popularity of excessive forms of exercise, such as conventional or ultramarathons as well as extreme bike road races, may be ...

Anorexia Linked to Brain Changes for Rigid Behavior

Friday, August 7th, 2009
The tragic mental disorder of anorexia can lead to such severe weight loss as to threaten an individual's life. ...

Yoga Helps Weight Control

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
A new study confirmed an earlier observation that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-aged spread in normal-weight people and may promote weight loss in those who are overweight. Researchers discovered regular yoga practice is associated ...

Follow Your Gut To Lose Weight

Monday, August 3rd, 2009
A new study advocates a novel technique for weight control -- consume to satisfy your stomach, not your brain. The perspective ...

Risk Factors for Disordered Eating

Friday, July 31st, 2009
A new research effort has identified factors that may increase the risk of eating disorders among overweight teens. Eating disorders for ...

Gender Disagreement On Attractiveness

Monday, June 29th, 2009
A new study suggests there is much more consensus among men about whom they find attractive than there is among women. The study, by Wake ...

OCD, Anxiety Linked to Risk of Eating Disorders

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
New research suggests physicians and other health workers should be more aware of the high risk of eating disorders among ...

New Family Approach Uses Milkshakes for Anorexia

Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Getting your teenager to drink a chocolate milkshake isn't something most parents need to worry about. But this is just the approach used in one treatment ...