Eating Disorders Category Archives - Page 7 of 13

Outrageous! Modeling Scouts Hound Ill Women at Eating Disorder Clinic

June 4, 2013 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Addiction, Eating Disorders

Experts have long suspected that one major influence in the development of eating disorders in some women is the exposure to exceptionally thin models in the media. Major media outlets have largely shrugged off any acknowledgement or responsibility, largely due to a lack of concrete evidence linking eating disorders with celebrity and model images. The …

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Brain Abnormalities Found in People With Anorexia

May 31, 2013 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Eating Disorders

Body image is a term used to describe the way you perceive the shape and size of your body in relation to others. People with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa have heavily distorted body images that cause them to seriously misperceive themselves as overweight or fat, even when they are in fact thin or dangerously …

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Eating Disorders May Run in Families

May 29, 2013 / By / Eating Disorders

Given that eating disorders are one of the most life-threatening of all mental illnesses, the obvious question is what precipitates the disorder? Some suggest that societal obsession with youth and thinness as the standards of beauty drive fragile females to the brink. Others wonder if something is awry in the family dynamic or if the …

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Recovering From Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS)

May 16, 2013 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Eating Disorders

Eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) is a term used by the American Psychiatric Association to describe dangerous or medically counterproductive eating behaviors that don’t match the official definitions established for the disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Over 50 percent of all Americans with an eating disorder have some form of EDNOS, and the …

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Recovering From Diabulimia

May 9, 2013 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Eating Disorders

Diabulimia is a term used to describe an unofficial eating disorder that sometimes appears in people with type 1 diabetes. It involves the purposeful skipping of scheduled injections of the hormone insulin, which diabetics need to take in order to properly regulate their blood glucose levels. When diabetics skip their insulin doses, they can control …

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Behind Closed Doors: Millions of Women Eating in Secret

April 13, 2013 / By / Eating Disorders

If some women had a secret food camera, it might be surprising to see how much they eat. It might also be surprising how few women are talking about their emotional eating or binge-eating habits that happen behind closed doors.

Struggling With Compulsive Eating? How Overeaters Anonymous Can Help Your Recovery

March 27, 2013 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Eating Disorders

When someone suffers from compulsive eating disorder or binge eating disorder, it can be a nightmare that seemingly has no end in sight. Getting treatment in a professionally managed program to combat compulsive eating is just the first part of learning how to manage this process addiction.

What is Pregorexia?

March 3, 2013 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Eating Disorders

Pregorexia is a modern term used to describe the presence of anorexia-like symptoms in pregnant women. Women with the disorder have an excessive fear of pregnancy-related weight gain and use various methods, including extreme exercise routines and calorie restriction, to avoid the weight increases that mark the course of a normal, healthy pregnancy. Potential consequences …

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Orthorexia

February 27, 2013 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Eating Disorders

Orthorexia, also known as orthorexia nervosa, is a term some doctors use to describe an unhealthy obsession with creating a diet limited only to foods that support optimum well-being. While a number of health professionals have pushed for classification of this condition as a distinct type of eating disorder, orthorexia is not officially recognized by …

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Health Effects of Bulimia

February 15, 2013 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Eating Disorders

Bulimia (bulimia nervosa) is a common eating disorder characterized by repeated cycles of binge eating followed by regurgitation or other forms of food purging. While the superficial source of this behavior is an obsession with body weight, shape or size, underlying motivations for bulimic actions include the desire to relieve anxiety or stress and the …

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