Anorexia Articles

Time Spent on Facebook Tied to Eating Disorders

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
A new study finds that the more time adolescent girls spend in front of Facebook, the ...
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder May Improve with Time

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a severe mental illness in which individuals obsess over nonexistent or slight defects ...
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Eating Disorders from Secondhand TV?

Friday, January 7th, 2011
A provocative new study finds that limiting television exposure in our children is not enough to stop its influence. According ...
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Imagining Eating Reduces Actual Consumption

Monday, December 13th, 2010
Given that many of us overindulge during the holiday season, a new study comes just in time to help us manage ...
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Eating Disorders Rise Sharply in Children

Monday, November 29th, 2010
A new report reviewing data from 200 recent studies suggests that for children younger than age 12, eating disorders are on the ...
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Genetic Link to Anorexia?

Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Researchers have identified both common and rare gene variants associated with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. In the largest genetic study of this ...
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Tasty Foods May Reduce Stress

Monday, November 15th, 2010
For emotional eaters, a new finding that pleasurable foods both provide "pleasure" and relieve stress in ...
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Holidays Can Be Perilous for Compulsive Overeaters

Monday, November 8th, 2010
The joy of the holiday season is often undercut by the stress of dealing with extended family, increased commitments and ...
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Eating Disorders and Unplanned Pregnancies

Monday, November 1st, 2010
A new study has found that women with anorexia nervosa are much more likely to have both ...
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Eating Disorders Linked to Self Harm

Sunday, October 10th, 2010
The presence of an eating disorder in teens has been linked to an alarming high rate of other self-harm tactics, such as cutting. The findings of research conducted at the Stanford University School of Medicine and ...
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