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Programs to Reduce Eating Disorders and Obesity

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
New research suggests educating adolescents on ways to adopt a healthier lifestyle can provide significant dividends in adulthood. Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientists have developed interventions that help young women reduce the ...  Read more... »

75 Percent of Women Have Disordered Eating

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
A new survey of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 suggest sixty five percent have behavioral issues regarding food intake and an additional 10 percent report symptoms consistent ...  Read more... »

Weight Discrimination Is Prevalent

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
A new study suggests discrimination against overweight people, particularly women, is as common as racial discrimination. Researchers from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University compared reported weight ...  Read more... »

Teen ADHD Ups Risk for Eating Disorders

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Adolescent girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder appear to possess a significant risk for developing eating disorders. Researchers from the University of Virginia discovered teenage girls with ADHD frequently develop body-image dissatisfaction and may go through ...  Read more... »

Depression and Anxiety Linked with Unhealthy Behaviors

Friday, March 7th, 2008
A new national study finds that individuals who suffer from depression or anxiety are also more likely to be obese or smoke. Obesity and smoking are known risk factors for a variety ...  Read more... »

Sad Finding on Suicide Among Anorexics

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
A worrisome new study challenges assumptions that the high suicide rate among anorexics can be explained by compromised physical health that leads to death from the slightest attempt. In the new ...  Read more... »

Health Effects of Child Abuse Continue for Decades

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
A long-term study of more than 3,000 middle-aged women discovers women abused as children spend up to one-third more than average in health-care costs. "What's remarkable is that women with an average ...  Read more... »

Body Image Predicts Health

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
A new study suggests that individuals who want to weigh less are in fact more likely to be mentally or physically unhealthy than those who are content with their body image. ...  Read more... »

Expand Diagnostic Criteria for Eating Disorders

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
A new study finds medical labeling of eating disorders is inadequate as a majority of patients do not fit the diagnostic criteria for bulimia and/or anorexia nervosa. As ...  Read more... »

Method To Improve Self-Control

Thursday, January 24th, 2008
A new study provides suggestions on how individuals can improve self-control, be it enhancing their health or perhaps saving enough money for retirement. Northwestern University researchers discovered self-help strategies ...  Read more... »
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