Eating Disorders
Overview
What you need to know about Eating Disorders:
- The Dangers of Diets: Not only do diets very rarely result in lasting weight loss, they can trigger an unhealthy preoccupation with weight and food control.
- Male Eating Disorders: Although we rarely think of men when we think of eating disorders between 5% and 15% of all eating disorder cases occur amongst men
- Anorexia Nerovosa: This form of self starvation is the most lethal of all mental illnesses, with as many as 20% of those diagnosed with anorexia eventually dying from a condition related to the disease
Orthorexia: Disastrous Obsession with Healthy Eating
Did you know the fixation with healthy eating can spell disaster? Don't let your diet control your life. Learn about Orthorexia: The obsession with correct eating.
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How to Support a Teenager with an Eating Disorder
Learn how to effectively support a teen who is already receiving professional care, but who still needs a ton of support from the rest of the family.
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Eating Disorders: 50 Relapse Warning Signs
Are you sliding toward relapse? Check your current thoughts and behaviors against a list of 50 eating disorder relapse signs.
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Eating Disorders: Defining Recovery
We don’t yet have a standardized definition of eating disorder recovery, but what does recovery look and feel like? Survivors and experts explain and explore the lifetime journey of ED recovery.
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Eating Disorder Levels of Care: Which Do You Need?
A general overview of the different levels of care (hospitalization, residential, day treatment, outpatient). How to know which is right for you.
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Beat Binge Eating with Mindfulness
By learning to eat mindfully, even when binging, you can retake conscious control over an automatic behavior.
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6 Binge Eating Treatment Recommendations
Struggling with binge eating disorder and ready to get help but not sure where to turn or how to start? Here are 6 guidelines to getting the help you need, when you need it.
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Binge Eating Disorder - Self Test
Take this quick self test based on the APA’s diagnostic criteria to see if you might have an eating disorder that needs treating.
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Bulimia – 10 Guidelines for Treatment
Are you struggling with bulimia? Read on to learn what treatments you need and what you don’t in this 10 step guide to overcoming this damaging eating disorder
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15 Compulsive Exercise Warning Signs
Are you a healthy exerciser or do family and friends express concern at how often, how long and how hard you train? Is exercise fun for you, or is it something you NEED to do so you don’t feel guilty, anxious and depressed? Learn more about the warning signs of compulsive exercise and learn better and more joyful ways to weave fitness and health into your lifestyle.
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Dangers of Pro Ana Websites
Pro Ana websites support anorexia as a lifestyle choice and celebrate extreme thinness as beautiful. People using these sites gain support for their unhealthy eating behaviors; and from within a community of like minded people, dangerous behaviors become normalized. Research shows that the use of pro-ana sites can worsen the severity of an eating disorder.
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Childhood Obesity - Encourage Weight Loss
Obese kids should be encouraged to lose weight for greater physical and often mental health. Learn how to encourage weight loss, without increasing the risk of an eating disorder.
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The Dangers of Diets
Diets just don't work. 95% of dieters regain any weight lost within 1-5 years, and since futile dieting can harm your health as well as increase your risks for an eating disorder - say no to diets!
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Healthy Eating Habits
Teach your kids to love their bodies - start by loving your own! Learn why what parents do matters a whole more than what we say, and put into practice easy strategies to keep your kids safe from eating disorders.
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BDD - Body Dysmorphism Disorder
People with BDD are fixated on a certain part of their face, or body - believe it to be very ugly and noticeable, and worry about it enough to influence quality to of life. In extreme cases, BDD can cause social isolation or even suicide. Understand BDD, and learn how treatment can help.
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If Outpatient Doesn't Work
Although some find solutions to eating disorder challenges through outpatient therapies or group support, others never seem able to break free without more intensive therapy on a residential basis. Learn 7 real advantages of an inpatient stay, and why a residential facility can offer more.
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