January 13th, 2009 by admin
According to statistics, among the common public health matters plaguing a lot of countries today is eating disorders. In recent years, food addictions, bulimia, and anorexia have been rampant. These cases are already considered as grave problems but it helps to know that there are now treatment options available to patients. Read and you will [...]
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January 2nd, 2009 by admin
No matter if you are carrying a little extra around the middle or are pleasing plump, no one wants to be overweight. Everyone is looking for some practical weight loss tips. The fastest way to losing those few extra pounds is the most basic of all weight loss tips: cut down your consumption of food. [...]
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November 30th, 2008 by admin
According to statistics, among the common public health matters plaguing a lot of countries today is eating disorders. In recent years, food addictions, bulimia, and anorexia have been rampant. These cases are already considered as grave problems but it helps to know that there are now treatment options available to patients. Read and you will [...]
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November 23rd, 2008 by admin
Being overweight really puts you at a disadvantage in life. Social stigmas aside, obesity vastly increases your risks of developing all manner of diseases and conditions, many of which are serious and life threatening. Strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, and some cancers are just a sample of the conditions you can likely look forward to if [...]
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November 15th, 2008 by admin
People who are not overweight should avoid dieting because it sometimes makes their binge eating worse. Dieting here means skipping meals, not eating enough food each day, or avoiding certain kinds of food (such as carbohydrates or fats). Many people with binge eating disorder are obese and have health problems because of their weight. People [...]
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November 13th, 2008 by admin
Most people with this problem are either overweight or obese (discussed below), but people of normal weight can also have the disorder. About 2 percent of all adults in the United States (as many as 4 million Americans) have binge eating disorder. About 10 to 15 percent of people who are mildly obese and who [...]
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November 11th, 2008 by admin
Research from a family systems perspective indicates that eating disorders stem from both the adolescent’s difficulty in separating from over-controlling parents, and disturbed patterns of communication. When parents are critical and unaffectionate, their children are more prone to becoming self-destructive and self-critical, and have difficulty developing the skills to engage in self-care giving behaviors. Such [...]
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November 1st, 2008 by admin
Yes, there is such thing as food addiction. This is the time when good food becomes bad. Food addiction is a term given when someone makes food the outlet for his or her problems, whatever the cause may be. Food addiction has an easy recovery. But first, you have to know what causes the stress [...]
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October 27th, 2008 by admin
Patients with severe obsessive compulsive disorder, depression or bulimia patients were all found to have abnormally low serotonin levels. Neurotransmitters such as serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine are secreted by the intestines and central nervous system during digestion. Researchers have also found low cholecystokinin levels in bulimics. Cholecystokinin is a hormone that causes one to feel [...]
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October 26th, 2008 by admin
Anorexia nervosa is deliberate and sustained weight loss driven by a fear of becoming overweight and a distorted body image. It is not to be confused with anorexia, which is its symptomatic general loss of appetite or disinterest in food. DSM-IV characterizes anorexia nervosa as: * An abnormally low body weight (the suggested guideline ≤ [...]
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