Anorexia Articles

Anorexia Linked to Adult Mental Problems

Friday, March 27th, 2009
A long-term study matching 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa with 51 teenagers without the eating disorder has produced interesting results. The cohort study, which began in ...
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Black Girls At Risk for Bulimia

Thursday, March 19th, 2009
An important new study challenges the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects privileged, white teenagers. Rather, girls who are African American are 50 percent more ...
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Emotions That Predict Eating Disorders

Thursday, March 19th, 2009
A new paper analyzes how emotional characteristics may be used to predict the possibility of suffering an eating disorder. Researchers focused on the way in which negative ...
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Perceptions Can Drive Teen Suicide Behaviors

Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Adolescent girls who view themselves as too fat may display more suicidal behaviors than those who are actually overweight, according to a new study. Although studies have ...
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Youth Antisocial Behavior May Predict Teen Depression

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Typically, past behavior is considered to be a good predictor of future behavior. However, new research indicates that may not be the case in the development ...
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Women Have Harder Time Resisting Food Favorites

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
A new study suggests that women have a more difficult time suppressing their hunger in response to their favorite foods, while men do not have ...
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Manage Overeating Over the Holidays

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
The holidays are traditionally associated with food and big meals. Americans especially attach a lot of social and personal value to what, and how, we eat, ...
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Weakened Reward System Linked to Obesity

Monday, October 20th, 2008
Using brain imaging and chocolate milkshakes, scientists have found that women with a weakened "reward circuitry" in their brains are at increased risk of weight gain over time and potential obesity. ...
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Eating Disorders Among Pregnant Women

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Women who have bulimia in pregnancy have more symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to pregnant women without eating disorders. A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) shows ...
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Web-Based CBT for Eating Disorders

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is leading a novel clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of online cognitive behavioral therapy to face-to-face group therapy for the treatment of ...
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