By: Baron Austin | 2010-12-30 | Alternative Medicine For most people, the holiday season is a wonderful time of year. It is often a time of family reunion, socializing, and celebration - a time when families, friends, and coworkers come together to share good will and good food. The season is meant to be bright, happy, and full of the best of relationships. Yet, for those who suffer with eating disorders, this is often the worst time of the year. read more
By: dilbertcool | 2010-10-16 | Health & Fitness It almost always starts with a diet. It's a gradual thing, an obsession that slowly grows. I was always careful about body fat and what I ate, then at a certain point I just stopped eating. read more
By: Hayes Celestine | 2011-01-08 | Self Improvement While the term "eating disorder" brings to mind a one who is severely underweight, essentially these disorders have an effect on people who are many totally different shapes and sizes. Individuals that suffer from an eating disorder can be the stereo-typical underweight or the severely overweight person, but more commonly they are everyday individuals that appear to be a healthy weight. read more
By: Dominick | 2010-11-18 | Health & Fitness Eating disorders are serious behavior problems. Eating disorders will cause heart and kidney problems and even death. Eating disorders aren't a sign that a person encompasses a downside with food, rather eating disorders are actually solely the symptoms of underlying problems in that person's life. read more
By: Cailyn Drewon | 2007-06-25 | Eating Disorders Psychologists qualify an eating disorder as something of a mental illness that affects a person’s eating habits in such a way that drastically disturbs the physical health of that person. An in-depth analysis by psychologists and psychiatrists list the types of eating disorders as Anorexia Nervosa, Beriberi, Bulimia Nervosa, Hyperphagia, Kleine-Levin Syndrome, Rumination, Binge Eating Disorder, Orthorexia, and Pica. read more
By: edxelle | 2007-06-22 | Disease & Illness Obesity is to medical condition where the fat reserves in the body exceeds its upward limit to such an extent, that it can give laughed to health complications in the obese person, sometimes even endangering his life. More The person' s food intake is much than his exercise, thereby creating pockets of fat in his body, much more than the amount that can be termed as `normal'. read more
By: Mike Gate | 2010-03-28 | Eating Disorders An eating disorder is a psychological condition. The eating disorders of anorexia nervosa and bulimia are the most common and involve excessive or not enough food intake. Whether a person eats too much or avoids eating, the result is negative effects to one's physical body, but also to their mental health. In any case eating disorder treatment should be sought. read more
By: Hayes Celestine | 2011-01-08 | Self Improvement Eating disorders are caused by abnormal eating patterns. These could be overeating or inadequate food intake. Many people tend to eat more food to suppress extreme emotions and depression. They use the snacks and food indulged in as escape routes to accommodate emotional stress or dangerous relationships. read more
By: Catherine Dionisio | 2011-02-11 | Eating Disorders Eating disorders are important to control as they can damage the body permanently as well as lead to future addictions in the future. Reaching a perfect weight is a pressure that drives people to manipulating their results. read more
By: May B. | 2010-10-15 | Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious and can lead to other health problems, including drug addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Furthermore, they can put a tremendous strain on the personal, educational, spiritual and financial aspects of one's life. read more
By: Jennifer E | 2012-08-07 | Eating Disorders While there are many cases of men developing problems with anorexia, according to eating disorder facts around 90% of people suffering from anorexia are women. What is the strong connection between women and this kind of disorder? Societal pressures are often harder on women to be attractive and thin because they are judged based on appearance more than men. read more
By: Larry Burns | 2013-04-01 | Eating Disorders According to a study in the American Journal of Psychiatry (1995), 50 percent of people with an eating disorder also meet the criteria for depression. What isn’t for certain is whether some people suffering from depression are more prone to develop an eating disorder. read more
By: Hayes Celestine | 2011-01-08 | Self Improvement Other than having a high BMI, obese persons also have excessive body fat. Obesity isn't merely a problem involving size and look; it is a very unhealthy condition that makes a person liable to serious health risks, together with hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, as well as emotional problems such as poor self-image, insecurities and depression. read more
By: JayaKumar Patchala | 2010-09-22 | Diseases and Conditions The term bulimia means excessive or abnormal desire for food which is better described as ox-hunger. read more