Posts Tagged ‘bulimia’
Eating “discontrol”… the newest label under the umbrella of BED
In: Binge-Eating Disorder|Bulimia|Eating Disorders|Greta|Recovery
17 Feb 2009In the March 2009 issue of Fitness Magazine, writer Colleen Oakley confesses her struggles about being a borderline binger. Unlike those who meet the clinical criteria of BED, which clinically defines BED as “eating larger amounts of food than normal during a two-hour period at least twice a week for six months,” Colleen doesn’t quiet [...]
Brains of bulimics behave differently
9 Jan 2009Previous studies have shown that the brains of people with anorexia behave differently than in non-disordered people — read here. Now a new study suggests that bulimia, in part, may also be triggered by changes in the brain. Researchers at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute studied the performances of 20 healthy [...]
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- Tags: anorexia, brain, bulimia, eating disorder, Recovery, research
Win a copy of “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters”
In: Eating Disorders|General|Media Reviews|Rachel|Recovery|Uncategorized
22 Dec 2008Courtney Martin’s “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: How the Quest the Perfection is Harming Young Women” was released in paperback recently and since I already have the hardback edition, I’m giving away the paperback I picked up. For those of you unfamiliar, Martin is a writer, teacher and feminist activist in her twenties. In a book [...]
Bulimia doesn’t get much billing in media column spaces. Anorexia often gets the lion’s share of attention, in part, because it’s seen as the more “glamorous” of the two eating disorders. Eating disorders are also still commonly perceived as a “woman’s disease,” or rather, a “girl’s disease” (eating disorders are most common in adolescents, but [...]
Eating disorder prevention, intervention gets boon in Illinois
In: Eating Disorders|General|Legislation|Rachel|Recovery|Therapy|Treatment
3 Dec 2008Earlier this summer I reported on Illinois’ House Bill 1432, which mandates health insurance companies to pay for the treatment of anorexia and bulimia. Now another new program offers help to the estimated 1.1 million Illinoisians with an eating disorder. The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) and volunteers from Chicago-based Timberline Knolls have teamed up [...]
Thanksgiving is a difficult day for many with an eating disorder and even those who have recovered from one. It’s my hope that all readers enjoy this feast day in the spirit it was intended and without a heaping of guilt or even a dash of reservation. If you’re having trouble, check out About.com’s tips [...]
Pro-ana goes public
24 Nov 2008Newsweek has an interesting article out on how pro-ana groups are coming out of the anonymous shadows of free-hosted websites and into the very public arena of Facebook. Anti-pro-ana Facebook groups still outnumber pro-ana sites on Facebook by a wide margin, but increasing numbers of pro-ana groups are now being launched on the site, with [...]
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Thoughts from a girl stuck in bed
23 Nov 2008This post will surely be full of whining because, sigh, I’m siiiiiiiiiick! Sorry, but that’s about as informative as the news content will be in this post. I have a stupid flu bug thing. Any time I stand up, I immediately feel dizzy and run to the toilet and empty my stomach’s contents. Even worse, [...]
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- Tags: bulimia, Christmas, Holidays, illness, sick, Thanksgiving, vomiting
This Thanksgiving, eat drink and be merry
21 Nov 2008Newsweek has an article out on Thanksgiving’s forgotten and forlorn: vegetarians. Even if you’re not vegetarian, you might identify with the mixture of unease, paranoia and defensive kinds of feelings that comes from having others watch and scrutinize your food choices at the family feast. Another great read is an open letter opined by a [...]
The holiday trio, round one: Halloween
23 Oct 2008Here we go again with the kickoff of the holidays that lead us into the end of the year. Like most holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are heavily focused on food. But unlike Easter and the 4th of July, these holidays are pretty close together on the calendar. Bring on the madness. First off, let’s [...]
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- Tags: anorexia, bulimia, candy, eating disorder, food, Halloween, Holidays, Marshmallow Peeps, media, weight
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