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A more informed way

This cheers me up. I am imagining a time in not too distant future where mental health care is more focused, less haphazard, and more effective:

Imaging, Genetics, and the science of psychotherapy

“There is a science to psychotherapy. To think that biological psychiatry would do away with psychosocial treatment is naïve. We'll do it in a more informed way.”

Bone apetit! - Malaysia Star

Bone apetit!
Malaysia Star
Stay away from unhealthy eating disorders like anorexia, bulimia and binge eating. It's unhealthy and it takes away all the pleasures of eating good food ...

Pettis: Bruni serves up enjoyable read about his life with food - Broomfield Enterprise

Pettis: Bruni serves up enjoyable read about his life with food
Broomfield Enterprise
The binge eating was banished. He hired a personal trainer to get himself back into shape, and gradually he was successful. But when he was offered the ...

Lighten up – Kate Moss is right - Times Online

Times Online

Lighten up – Kate Moss is right
Times Online
Her little motto has been damned as the phrase that will launch a thousand eating disorders. Is that really fair? Most women would — broadly — agree with ...
British politician attacks Kate Moss for encouraging anorexiaIndependent
Amy Jenkins: We can't help ourselves: our love affair with skinny just goes onIndependent

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Eating Disorder Poll: Thanksgiving Day Feelings

While so many happily look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving Day with their family and friends, how does it affect your feelings? Please take a moment to participate in the poll located in the sidebar and share your feelings with others.Thank you.*If you participated in the poll before 2:30pm Saturday, Nov. 21 please resubmit your answers. Due to formatting issues the poll had to be redone.

Lincoln University: Epic fail

Lincoln University, a historically black college in southern Pennsylvania, has made the news recently for jumping on the now-mandatory "wellness" bandwagon. As reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Lincoln's version is to institute a policy of weighing and measuring all freshmen; those with BMIs over 30 are required to take a one-credit course called "Fitness for Life" sometime before they graduate.

This policy exemplifies the worst of what's wrong with the way we as a culture approach fitness, health, and wellness. Like so many other institutions jumping on this bandwagon, Lincoln makes a fatal error in logic: It conflates weight with fitness.

So heavier freshmen at Lincoln are assumed to be "unfit" and "unhealthy." Just as bad, thinner freshmen are given a pass on the fitness course, the assumption being that they don't need it because they're not that fat.

If fitness and good health are the goals, shouldn't everyone have to take the course?

Some people object to the fitness course on libertarian grounds. Not me. I think good health and fitness is part of what we should be teaching children and practicing ourselves. But threatening or punishing larger people because of their size is not a useful strategy. As a researcher from the National Institutes of Health said recently, the number-one cause of obesity in this country is dieting. Programs like this buy in to the fat-is-unhealthy mindset. They also buy in to the thin-is-healthy mindset. By conflating weight with disease they do everyone a grave disservice.

My own school, Syracuse University, is looking at "wellness" programs right now. I hope I don't have to write a piece like this about SU someday.

Anorexia Statistics

Presents statistics on anorexia nervosa, from prevalence to onset to mortality rates.

Prader-Willi Syndrome

Prader-Willi Syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes dysfunction in eating and many other problems. Those with Prader-Willi can literally eat themselves to death.

The Media and Eating Disorders

The media influence the development of eating disorders through advertising and news reporting. But we (and the media) can develop greater awareness and take action to promote positive body image rather than unrealistic goals that require disordered eating.

Outpatient ED Treatment

You want to know whether outpatient eating disorder treatment is right for you or for a loved one. Learn about the guidelines for choosing outpatient treatment.

Social Isolation

Among the not-so-obvious effects of eating disorders is social isolation, often generated by shame in addition to fear.

Ames library votes to keep copies of Sex, Etc. - DesMoinesRegister.com

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Ames library votes to keep copies of Sex, Etc.
DesMoinesRegister.com
The magazine is displayed among pamphlets and other free materials about topics such as finances, suicide, death and anorexia. Joyce and John Bannantine had ...
Sex, Etc. magazine for teens under fire in Iowa; Ames Library Board stands up ...Examiner.com
Library keeps Sex, Etc. magazine in teen sectionThe Ames Tribune

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Eating Disorders and Health

All eating disorders create health problems. In some cases, health problems associated with eating disorders are dangerous and even life-threatening.

Mindful Eating for Binge Help

Food and feelings are often connected, but feeling your food via your sense of touch is a different matter. Being mindful of touch opens the experience of eating in dramatic ways.

Vomiting After Eating

A quick description of how vomiting after meals or snacks points to an eating disorder.

Crash Diets

Crash diets defined, with notes on their effects. Crash diet plans are extremely popular, but no substitute for healthy eating.

Surviving Thanksgiving

You know the Thanksgiving drill, and your eating disorder makes it more frightening. It's an emotional challenge, but you can survive Thanksgiving without letting the eating disorder take control.

British politician attacks Kate Moss for encouraging anorexia - Independent

Times Online

British politician attacks Kate Moss for encouraging anorexia
Independent
The model's quote from a recent interview with Women's Wear Daily had been posted as credo on several pro-anorexia sites, causing concern among help ...
Lighten up – Kate Moss is rightTimes Online
Size 0 Kate Moss is right, skinny feels GREATNews of the World
Amy Jenkins: We can't help ourselves: our love affair with skinny just goes onIndependent

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Dietary Management In Eating Disorder Patients

Eating disorder (ED) patients display a high prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and functional gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome. These symptoms may interfere with their nutritional management. Ingestion of fructose-sorbitol (F-S) is an established means of gastrointestinal symptom provocation in irritable bowel syndrome patients.

Trying to define binge eating disorder - Los Angeles Times

Trying to define binge eating disorder
Los Angeles Times
But as anorexia and bulimia gained public recognition and as eating disorder clinics began to fill in the 1980s, the field began to see a growing group of ...
Using Cell Phones, Internet to Battle Eating DisordersU.S. News & World Report

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Binge eating: Is it a form of addiction? - Los Angeles Times

Binge eating: Is it a form of addiction?
Los Angeles Times
The notion that binge eating is a form of addiction comes up frequently in experts' discussions of the diagnosis. ...
Using Cell Phones, Internet to Battle Eating DisordersU.S. News & World Report

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Binge eating: Is it a form of addiction?

Overeaters describe cravings and benders. Experts are split. The notion that binge eating is a form of addiction comes up frequently in experts' discussions of the diagnosis. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)

Is binge eating a psychiatric disorder?

As the American Psychiatrics Assn. considers including it in its diagnotic manual, skeptics object and possible treatments are debated. Rina Silverman's refrigerator is almost always empty. She keeps it that way to avert episodes of frantic food consumption, often at night after a full meal, in which she tastes nothing and feels nothing but can polish off a party-sized bag of chips or a container of ice cream, maybe a whole box of cereal. The food she's eating at these moments hardly matters. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)

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Trying to define binge eating disorder

Many binge eaters do not fit into currently defined and accepted psychiatric illnesses. Binge eating was long seen by psychiatrists as an unusual symptom of major depression or an anxiety disorder. After all, it seemed sometimes to lessen or yield to antidepressants and psychotherapy -- both aimed primarily at treating depression or anxiety. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)

Unrealistic expectations always in fashion - San Francisco Chronicle

Unrealistic expectations always in fashion
San Francisco Chronicle
It has become so prevalent that models have succumbed to heroin chic (1990s Kate Moss) and anorexia. When Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston died of ...

Site-specific attenuation of food intake but not the latency to eat after hypothalamic injections of neuropeptide Y in dehydrated-anorexic rats

Anorexia that accompanies cellular dehydration in rats (DE-anorexia) offers a relatively simple model for investigating the functional organization of neural mechanisms that can suppress feeding during dehydration. Previous studies strongly suggest that the inputs that drive ingestive behavior control neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) and lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) remain active during DE-anorexia. Here we examine whether these two regions retain their sensitivity to neuropeptide Y (NPY). NPY is an important component in two major feeding-related inputs from the arcuate nucleus and the hindbrain. We found that intake responses to NPY injections in the LHA and PVH were suppressed in DE-anorexia, but the PVH remained less sensitive to the effects of NPY th...

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British model Kate Moss accused of encouraging anorexia and bulimia with ... - New York Daily News

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British model Kate Moss accused of encouraging anorexia and bulimia with ...
New York Daily News
Eating disorder group representatives were quick to jump down Moss' throat, according to Us Weekly.com. "Comments like this make it even more difficult for ...
Kate Moss's motto gives comfort to 'pro-anorexic' communityguardian.co.uk
Kate Moss Gets Called Out On 'Skinny' CommentThe Plastic Surgery Channel
Kate Moss in hot water over dietary commentPhiladelphia Inquirer
The Press Association -Fashion.ie
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Anorexia Nervosa Weakens Respiratory Muscles

Respiratory muscle weakness develops in the first few years of anorexia nervosa and then stabilizes over time, Italian researchers report in the November issue of Chest. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

A cycle of anxiety, craving, and overconsumption

I have blogger's remorse for my earlier rant, so I'm pairing it with some hopeful information in understanding why dieting is not a good idea, AND an alternative:

"Food might not be addictive on its own, but prohibiting it can set off a cycle of anxiety, craving, and overconsumption that for all purposes looks like addiction."

Where outrage lives

Why don't I join the fray of outrage over Kate Moss saying "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels?"

Because I don't care. I find the opinions and actions and health of models irrelevant to eating disorder activism. What DOES concern me is a tragic over-valuing of the role of the media and a conflation of what that world does to healthy people (not good) and the symptoms we see in the mentally ill.

Modelling surely does attract and exploit very tall thin pretty people, and does cause slightly less naturally tall thin pretty people to do unnatural things to compete with the former, and without a doubt attracts lots of people whose mental illnesses make those unnatural behaviors a resume-plus.

But the attraction to modelling, and to staring at and comparing oneself to models, is a symptom. That fascination is a symptom of a silly and self-destructive part of modern life for otherwise mentally healthy people. The compulsion, however, is a symptom, for some people of mental illness. Symptom, and not cause.

Home improvement magazines and household cleaner advertisements do not cause OCDs. They attract those WITH these brain patterns. For the rest of us, we just struggle to keep up appearances or suffer fits of dismay at how we fall short. People whose brains are healthy are usually able to distinguish a sales pitch from realistic house management.

When Martha Stewart shares her tips for homemade lemon cleanser we all know she has a staff to think this stuff up and do it for her. OCD advocates don't call for her head because of her unreasonably tidy TV studio. When a model professes a devotion to thinness we should know that that is what she is paid to do and be and that this set of values are the only reason she blights our news feeds and screens. The fashion industry doesn't cause eating disorders, it exploits them and the mentally healthy who try to live on green salads and cleansing fasts in pursuit of thinness.

We should refuse to care what purveyors of self-mockery say or do and expend our outrage on the maddeningly unhelpful comments of those who really should know better: those speaking of eating disorders as if they are just incorrect thinking and mistaken priorities. This approach strikes me as terribly cruel to patients and undervalues THEIR heroism and hard work to recover.

Low weight associated with food phobia: a differential diagnosis with anorexia nervosa

The objective of this article is to present a FP clinical case and to discuss the psychopathology, diagnostic difficulties and recommended therapeutics, based on clinical evolution of the case and recent scientific evidences. (Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria)

Thinspiration: Do Web Sites Encourage Anorexia? - FOXNews

Thinspiration: Do Web Sites Encourage Anorexia?
FOXNews
French officials have recently threatened to criminalize groups they believe encourage eating disorders, arrest their members, and shut down Web sites ...

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College students not immune to eating disorders

Over-exercising and diet restrictions can become an obsession

written by Cassandra Adams @ KentNewsNet.com, Kent State University, Ohio

Josh Pittman, freshman integrated social studies major, realized that to win his high school wrestling matches he had to reach a lower weight class.

To cut weight, Pittman began an obsessive cycle of radical calorie restriction and exercise, and soon the 5-foot-9 Pittman went from a slim 135 pounds to a dangerously low 112 lbs.

"I didn't think I was that thin. I was anorexic," Pittman said. "I became obsessed; it was a way of life and the only thing that was important to me."

Over-exercising and not eating wore Pittman down to a point where he fell asleep in classes, frequently passed out and was agitated all the time.

Josephine Glover, a licensed clinical counselor at Malone University, said once the eating disorder pattern has been established, it becomes an addiction and takes on a life of its own.

"The person begins to have a relationship with the eating disorder instead of real people," Glover said. "All their time is spent centered around food; it becomes an obsession."

Glover helps manage the Jubilee Center, a Canton eating disorder support center where the general majority of patients are college-aged.

Some studies have shown that as many as 50 to 60 percent of the college population has an eating disorder. Kent State students don't seem to be exempt.

Marie LePage, the undergraduate officer coordinator of psychological services in Kent Hall, said an increasing amount of students are going in for treatment.

"College is a time of greater stress, and it can be a way to deal with the stress," LePage said. "For many young people, it is truly their first time on their own. They are suddenly thrown into this world of greater freedoms, mom and dad aren't there to overlook their every move."

Other factors that contribute to eating pathology are genetics, peers, family and the media. LePage said eating disorders are a culture-bound disorder and largely influenced by societal pressure. The West is highest among many cultures cultivating the "thin is in" mindset to the extreme.

Sarah Yonkof, freshman exploratory major, said students are competing to look good.

"I feel like you're only as good as your size," Yonkof said. "Guys treat you better if you're skinnier - the attention is always based on your looks, not how smart or funny you are. No matter what your education, social status or money situation, people judge you on your weight - and I think it's wrong."

But women aren't the only ones feeling the pressure to "measure up."

"A big misconception is that guys aren't affected too," Pittman said. "Guys get self-conscious, just like girls. I remember, starting college, I gained some weight and got real depressed because I hated how I looked and felt."

While Pittman was able to reduce his disorder after quitting wrestling in high school, he said it still affects his life in college - though not as severely. He said if he's not careful, he begins a downward spiral of excessive exercise and strict calorie restriction - sans beer and snacks.

Glover and LePage agree recovery is possible with help from the right people. Pittman advises people suffering from the disease to get support.

"All I can say is there is nothing to be ashamed of," Pittman said. "Everyone has problems, whether they let people know or not. If this is your problem, seek out the help and get it; it's not worth your life."

Contact news correspondent Cassandra Adams at cadams35@kent.edu.

http://media.www.kentnewsnet.com/media/storage/paper867/news/2009/11/20/News/College.Students.Not.Immune.To.Eating.Disorders-3838248.shtml

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Yoga May Help Teens Overcome Eating Disorders

"This is the only hour in my week when I don’t think about my weight," a girl with a severe eating disorder told researchers.

She was referring to her yoga class.

The girl was one of 50 adolescents (ages 11 to 16 years old) with anorexia, bulimia, or some other eating disorder who were involved in a study about the effects of yoga.

Half of the students had been hospitalized for their eating disorder, and all were enrolled in a treatment program at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Rain Carel had 25 of the teenagers participate in yoga classes for two months.
While the activity had no effect on their weight, taking the classes reduced their obsessive concerns about weight, food preoccupation, and other measures.

This study appeared in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Forum Post of the Week: Health Versus Weight

It's a concrete example of distorted thinking. We can get fooled (by advertisements, for example) into wanting something even though it isn't healthy for us. But those with eating disorders are willing to make a conscious choice to sacrifice health for weight loss or weight maintenance.

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Forum Post of the Week: Health Versus Weight originally appeared on About.com Eating Disorders on Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 05:09:58.

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College students not immune to eating disorders - Daily Kent Stater

College students not immune to eating disorders
Daily Kent Stater
Josephine Glover, a licensed clinical counselor at Malone University, said once the eating disorder pattern has been established, it becomes an addiction ...

There is no replacement for food

New study establishes that fructose and sorbital cause more gastric distress in ED patients than other people. Diet foods, of course, are a great source of both fructose and sorbital.

Eating disorder patients often become manic gum chewers, and you may also remember that chewing gum with sorbital has been associated with gastro problems and severe weight loss.

So many things parents need to know as they try to help loved ones recover!

Advances in Eating Disorders Summarized in Lancet Seminar Researchers provide ... - ModernMedicine

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Advances in Eating Disorders Summarized in Lancet Seminar Researchers provide ...
ModernMedicine
In addition, DSM-V will likely include binge eating disorders as an additional form of eating disorder. "The causal factors underpinning eating disorders ...
University helps students with eating disordersThe Spartan Daily
Reflecting on eating disordersLos Altos Town Crier
Thanksgiving Provides Unique Challenge for Those with Eating Disorders: 5 Easy ...PR Newswire (press release)
Exchange Morning Post -Psychology Today (blog) -Longford Leader
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How to Execute Dietary Management in Eating Disorder Patients - Science Daily (press release)

How to Execute Dietary Management in Eating Disorder Patients
Science Daily (press release)
Researchers recommend a broadening of the criteria for bulimia, anorexia and binge eating ... > read more Digestive Problems May Impede Overweight People ...

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Kate Moss criticized after skinny-is-good remark

Campaigners against eating disorders criticized Kate Moss Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on pro-anorexia ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)

Kate Moss - Kate Moss Causes Slimming Storm

Kate Moss has been blasted over comments she made in an interview, saying ''nothing tastes as good as skinny feels''. Kate Moss has sparked controversy after being accused of making comments which could promote extreme slimming.

The Role of The Family in Eating Disorders

“It’s all my fault.” “I was always dieting and watching what I ate. That must be the reason!” “I must have been too strict - I pushed her too hard.” “Maybe if I wasn’t always saying how I hope she doesn’t get my body shape, this would not have happened?” Do any of these statements sound familiar? If they do, you are [...]

Eating Disorder Group Puts Real Models on the Runway

For the 5th consecutive year, the Alliance for Eating Disorders has held a fashion show employing models with realistic proportions.

It's remarkable how strong this trend is becoming. Could it be that a significant slice of our population is truly exhausted with more stereotypical models?

The first dip into the "real models" pool
The Academy of Eating Disorder's guidelines for the fashion industry
The struggle to introduce reality into modeling

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Forum Post of the Week: Health Versus Weight

How do you answer the question of health versus weight? If you had to choose, would you get your weight where you want it, or would you be physically healthy? As this forum thread suggests, many with eating disorders choose differently than one might expect. It's a concrete example of distorted thinking. We can get fooled (by advertisements, for example) into wanting something even though it isn't healthy for us. But those with eating disorders are willing to make a conscious choice to sacrifice health for weight loss or weight maintenance. Is weight loss the best goal for you? What don't you know about anorexia? The symptoms of bulimia nervosa Add to Technorati | Free Newsletter | Eating Disorders Forum Forum Post of the Week: Health Versus Weight originally appeared on Ab...

Harmony Place - A Unique Adolescent ED Program

It's uplifting to see the continuation and commitment towards treating and caring for those suffering with eating disorders, along with supporting and educating the families involved in their loved ones care.

Harmony Place licensed by the state office of Mental Health is the first residential program in the state of New York to open and work specifically with adolescent girls and boys ages 12-17 providing an additional resource for families vs sending their children out of state:

Harmony Place at St. Joseph’s Villa is the first program in New York State to provide residential treatment exclusively for adolescents struggling with eating disorders. Located on the suburban St. Joseph’s Villa campus in Rochester, N.Y.,

Harmony Place provides treatment and support for up to eight girls and boys, ages 12 to 17, who have had chronic difficulty maintaining recovery through medical inpatient and outpatient programs.

During the 4-6 week stay, a highly structured environment, evidence-based approaches and a caring, specialized staff help partici¬pants regain stability over their illness. Family involvement is a critical component of the program, empowering parents with the skills and understanding needed to help their teen achieve long-term recovery at home.

HARMONY PLACE program features:

-Round-the-clock supervision, with daily medical monitoring
-Safe, structured, therapeutic environment designed for adolescents
-Licensed nurses, board-certified psychiatrists, psychologists, masters-level therapists and dieticians
-Utilizes the Maudsley-Informed approach to re-feeding, on-site emphasizing family therapy, education and hands-on meal preparation
-20 + hours mandatory group therapy and 8+ hours individual & family therapy weekly
-Ability to address co-occurring disorders like chemical dependency, anxiety and depression
-Two-hours academic tutoring per school day
-Three months support following discharge

Post discharge there is a 90day follow up so that patients and families have the proper support they need to help within the transition.

For further information please contact Helena Boersma at St Joseph's Villa 1.877.520.2667.

Passport? Check! Car keys? Nein!

I recently received invitations to speak at conferences in London and Salzburg next year. I used to be a travel agent and still enjoy travel, but I never drive overseas. And who can blame me? In London they drive on the left and in Austria they drive indoors!

Salzburg Congress Conference Room

Seriously, if you live near London or Salzburg, I'd love to meet you. Come to EDIC or ICED! Or both. But drive carefully.

Yoga Guru Says Practice Helped Her Overcome Eating Disorder

Simone Moir is a Scottish yoga guru whose clients have included superstar singers Sting and Madonna. But according to a Nov. 8 article by Laura Davidson of the Sunday Mail newspaper, Moir’s appreciation for yoga isn’t related to fame or wealth – instead, it has to do with the practice’s ability to rescue her from the depths of an eating disorder:

At age 16, Simone … was at death's door after years of suffering from anorexia. She reckons her discovery of yoga and meditation saved her.

She said: "I really feel I was given a second chance at life. Doctors had given up on me and my family were helpless around me as I wasted away. I hit rock bottom when I was 16. I was so underweight I was losing my eyesight and wasn't strong enough to walk so had to use a wheelchair. Everyone was convinced I was going to die." …

"In hospital one of the therapies was meditation, which is a big part of yoga. It seemed to rekindle some kind of life fire inside me. I didn't want to make my family sad and didn't want to die. It gave me the strength I needed to help my body heal itself."

HAES has arrived!

I was at a community health committee meeting today where a couple of new people were in attendance. One was an athletic trainer and the other a physician. It became apparent pretty quickly that neither of them were familiar with the concept of "Health at Every Size" (HAES). Sometimes it feels as if spreading the HAES approach is a very steep, up-hill battle. It pained me to listen to these two attendee's continual references to "weight" as if that were the only marker for fitness and health. When I attempted to interject a HAES perspective, it was immediately clear that...

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4 Tips For Staying Motivated When Learning How To Get Thin Arms

Figuring out how to get thin arms will not happen overnight. While there are certain approaches that are more effective than others, you will still have to put forth some degree of effort over a period of time.

Eating Disorders Inspirational Recovery Quotes: Our Bodies

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.Gloria Steinem~It is the confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn ... which is what life is all about.Oprah Winfrey~Intelligence is present everywhere in our bodies . . . our own inner intelligence is far superior to any we

Flabby Arms And Sugar Addictions

The research is crystal clear here: sugar addictions do exist. In fact, high sugar intakes alter levels of dopamine in the brain just as drugs do. Not a good scenario for your flabby arm goal.

Eating Disorder Seminar in Corning, New York

A daylong seminar on eating disorders will be is scheduled for Dec. 4 in Corning, New York (a small town on the edge of the state’s Finger Lakes Region). A Nov. 13 article on stargazette.com provided the following details about the gathering:

“The Heart of the Matter: Attachment, Trauma and the Healing Power of Forgiveness in the Treatment of Eating Disorders” will be held from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Corning Radisson Hotel.

The 10th annual Leah Robarge Memorial Seminar will be hosted by the Nutrition Clinic and Sol Stone Center, outpatient and partial hospitalization eating disorder treatment programs, according to a news release.

The seminar will explore the heart of forgiveness from the theoretical through the clinical to the personal, and its importance in the treatment of eating disorders, the release says.

Registration for the seminar is $75 before Nov. 25 ($85 afterward). For more information visit http://solstonecenter.com or call (607) 732-5646.

Eating Disorder Specialist Library Launched

New Eating Disorder Specialist Library Launched to Help Eating Disorder Sufferers, Family, Friends and Health Providers Find Help

Finding treatment for eating disorders is an overwhelming task for those suffering from eating disorders and the loved ones trying to help them. To solve this problem, Eating Disorder Hope launched the Eating Disorder Specialist Library, to provide a comprehensive resource for exploring and comparing treatment options, providers, treatment approaches and philosophy. All accessible in one library, saving hours of searching the web for options.

Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) November 15, 2009 -- Many eating disorder sufferers and families find that reviewing the online ‘virtual brochures’ offered in the http://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/eating-disorder-specialist-library-index.html greatly simplifies their search and puts them in touch with some of the best treatment centers and providers for their loved one suffering from anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder.

This new and rapidly expanding eating disorder specialist library is an excellent tool for eating disorder sufferers, families, friends and treatment providers who feel overwhelmed with where to begin in the search for appropriate care for the eating disorder sufferer.

Finding highly skilled professionals specialized in the field is key to successful recovery.

Eating Disorder Hope offers information and resources to those suffering from eating disorders, their treatment providers and loved ones by providing the new Eating Disorder Specialist Library, articles, books, a virtual library, inspirational recovery stories, relapse prevention and recovery tools.

“Eating Disorder Hope is well named, since hope is the first essential ingredient of recovery. This site supplies a wealth of information, contacts and inspiration to help make recovery a reality,” said Aimee Lui (www.gainingthetruth.com), author of Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders.

The work of www.eatingdisorderhope.com is possible due to the support of sponsors including platinum sponsoring partner: Rader Programs; platinum sponsors, Remuda Ranch and Rogers Memorial; and silver sponsor, Linden Oaks at Edward.

“Eating Disorder Hope is a fresh source of inspiration and practical information to assist sufferers, loved ones, support team members, and professionals with finding the level and type of support and resources they need quickly and efficiently,” said Shannon Cutts, Founder/Director of Mentor Connect, and author of Beating Ana: How to Outsmart Your Eating Disorder and Take Your Life Back, “a website that is like a second home for both those who need help now and for the professionals who treat them!"

About Eating Disorder Hope
Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC is the founder of Eating Disorder Hope, a one-stop resource for support, referrals and education about eating disorders. The site promotes ending eating disordered behavior, embracing life and pursuing recovery. Eating Disorder Hope fosters appreciation of one’s uniqueness and value in the world, unrelated to appearance, achievement or applause. For more information, visit www.eatingdisorderhope.com, http://twitter.com/edhope, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eating-Disorder-Hope/83317933683?ref=s.

Louboutin Legs

Newsflash: Barbie isn't perfect.

I know you thought she was, what with those improbable dimensions, the long, golden locks, her plastic-smooth skin, that Malibu Dream House.

But, she's not. That's what I learned last week, when I was invited to sit on a television panel to talk about Barbie's ankles. It seems French shoe designer Christian Louboutin told Women’s Wear Daily magazine that Barbie's ankles were too "fat" to wear his shoes.

Louboutin, who is designing three special edition Barbies, is reshaping her gams (slimming her ankles) in order to wear his shoes. Mattel, Barbie's maker, reports that the Louboutin controversy (known in the media as "Barbie Has Cankles!") is simply a misunderstanding: "My dear friend, Christian loves my ankles. It was my arch that he wanted to give a little lift to, so I can rock those high heels."

But, you see, one of the wonderful perks about being a shoe designer is that you actually design shoes! So, instead of molding her (fake) foot to fit the (fake) shoe, why not do it the other way around? You'd send the message that we don't have to contort our bodies to find fashion, and you'd keep this Louboutin lover around.

Giving up the religion of thinness for a more compassionate path

Dear Readers, Those of you who have lived with an eating disorder for any length of time, either your child’s, your own, or both, know how all-consuming it can be. The disorder can take over your life to the point that you can barely think of anything else; your entire life becomes about serving your [...]

New Eating Disorder Specialist Library Launched to Help Eating...

Finding treatment for eating disorders is an overwhelming task for those suffering from eating disorders and the loved ones trying to help them.

Photography Exhibit Offers Glimpse into World of Anorexia

Washington State University Tri-City students are about to get a unique glimpse into the struggles and dangers of anorexia. A Nov. 6 release on the WSU website provided the following details about a photography exhibit that will open later this month:

“Skeleton in the Closet” features 20 portraits by art photographer Fritz Liedtke of Portland, Ore. Each portrait is accompanied by a statement from the person in the photograph. The artist combined photographs and text to create a compelling narrative of life with an eating disorder, including what could lead a person down the path and the journey to free oneself.

The exhibit is open in The Art Center, inside the WSU Tri-Cities Consolidated Information Center, 2770 University Drive, Richland. Admission is free.

A reception at 12 p.m. Nov. 16 features an informational talk about eating disorders, delivered by Phyllis Morris, academic director of the WSU Tri-Cities College of Nursing. The talk is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

“Skeleton in the Closet” runs through Nov. 30. The Art Center’s regular hours are 12 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, although campus is closed for holidays on Nov. 11, Nov. 26 and Nov. 27.

Misused Weight-Loss Drug

So you create a weight-loss drug, Alli, and put it in an environment in which it's supposed to be given to people who are overweight...and then it ends up in the hands of people who aren't overweight.

It's not a case of people getting the stuff on some kind of black market. It's people buying it over the counter in Ireland. According to licensing conditions, pharmacists in Ireland can't sell Alli to anyone who's of normal weight or underweight. But eight out of 20 pharmacies sold the drug to a researcher who is well under the "overweight" threshold.

Not a good situation. But I wonder: How is a customer supposed to verify that his or her body mass index is in the proper range to be given the drug without a prescription? Must there be a scale in each pharmacy? I can't imagine a good system.

Can you?

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Is One Eating Disorder Worse Than Another?

Which eating disorder is worse, anorexia or bulimia? A woman identified as "Juliet from Elkhart, Indiana" sent this question to Dr. Robert Wallace, who writes a medical information column on the website of the Post-Tribune newspaper.

Juliet wrote that her cousin is anorexic, and her cousin's sister is bulimic. In his response, which was posted Nov. 8, Dr. Wallace noted that both disorders can be dangerous, but anorexia patients are more likely to die as a result of their condition:

Most experts would agree that with everything equal, those suffering from anorexia are at greatest risk because they always feel "fat" and rarely admit that they have a problem. On the other hand, bulimics are aware that their eating habits are abnormal, but they find it very difficult to stop for fear of becoming overweight. A higher percentage of anorexics die from their eating disorder.

FEAR: A motivator or immobilizer?

Over the past few weeks our work for Andrea's Voice has taken us to Pennsylvania and me to Utah. In that time we presented to nearly 1,000 students, professionals, parents and treatment providers. At each of our destinations we spoke of the "fear" that can so often immobilize us and keep us "stuck." I recently received an email from a Bay area therapist, Linda Shanti McCabe, PsyD, announcing a workshop she's conducting. In a portion of her email she talks about this "fear:" I have been noticing a lot of fear recently, the way fear is a constant companion popping...

What Are Your Strengths?

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Don’t Weigh In On This Technology!

On the heels of the Smartphone controversy, another piece of technology is further enabling people to obsess and lament over their weight. The difference this time is that, instead of a private obsession with the number on the scale, this piece of modern equipment broadcasts a person’s weight for all to see over their twitter page. The technology in [...]

From in the Shadows: One Family's Battle with Bulimia

Shelby Starner shot her first music video when she was just 15 years old. It's for a song from her album called "From in the Shadows." Her father Allan Benn said, "It's a particularly beautiful song and it speaks to sense of being different." And Shelby was different.

Free Book Drawing

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Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life (McGraw-Hill) by Jenni Schaefer

Don’t Battle an Eating Disorder Forever— Recover from It Completely Jenni Schaefer and Ed (eating disorder) are no longer on speaking terms, not even in her most difficult moments. In her bestseller, Life Without Ed, Jenni learned to treat her eating disorder as a relationship, not a condition — enabling her to break up with Ed. In Goodbye Ed, Hello Me Jenni shows you that being fully recovered is not just about breaking free from destructive behaviors with food and having a healthy relationship with your body; it also means ﬁnding joy and peace in your life. Combining Jenni’s signature personal advice and unfailing encouragement along with valuable exercises you can do as you read, Goodbye Ed, Hello Me will give you the prescriptive tools to take the ﬁnal steps in divorcing your Ed completely.

Lynn Grefe, CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association, says, “Jenni may someday be named the trend-setter for the miraculous word "recovered.’”

Eating disorders seminar to feature panel discussion

Mental Health America of Hawai'i will hold a seminar on eating disorders tomorrow at Harris United Methodist Church near downtown Honolulu.

PSA: Why you should always hire a trained journalist

Because if you don't, your newscasts will look like this.

Kimkins: Notice Of Pendency Of Class Action

Here is the notice that has now been approved by the Court. I will post a copy of the notice including the Judge's signature as soon as it is provided to me.Please pass this on - forward it to every party you might think remotely interested, including media outlets you think may have an interest in sharing this information. If you are familiar with anyone who joined Kimkins, please direct them to

Do Airbrushed Ads Contribute to Eating Disorders

Airbrushed Ads 'Cause Eating Disorders'

12:28pm UK, Monday November 09, 2009

Jo Couzens, Sky News Online

Airbrushing of models and celebrities in adverts is fuelling eating disorders and depression among girls as young as five, leading body image experts are warning.

There has been speculation Victoria Beckham's Armani ad had digital help

In a shocking new report, a group of over 40 doctors, psychologists and academics are calling for a ban on digitally retouching photos in advertising aimed at under-16s.

The researchers, from Britain, America and Australia, have written to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to say the "clear majority of adolescent girls" are experiencing problems with "depression, stress, guilt, shame, insecurity and body dissatisfaction" as a result of the unnatural-looking girls featured in magazines. Finish article

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Disordered eating

You look at your child and see the most beautiful, talented, intelligent kid ever to walk the face of the Earth.

Dieters Can Experience Neurobiological Similarities Of Drug Addicts And Alcoholics

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that intermittent access to foods rich in fat and sugar induces changes in the brain which are comparable to those observed in drug dependence. The findings, reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may explain how abstinence from these foods contributes to relapse eating among dieters as well as related eating disorders.

Holiday Weight-Loss

Drstaceyny would like to believe that she lives in a diet-free world. . . but she does not. A reporter recently contacted me and asked for trends in weight-loss that might be influenced by the economy, the holiday season, etc.

Are people changing the way they lose weight? Are they foregoing formal diet programs (e.g., Jenny Craig, Nutri-System, WW) and tossing their diet books, trying to go at it alone?

Thoughts?

Bulimia Nervosa: Is Inpatient Treatment Better Than Day Treatment?

A German study published in the fifth issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics compares the differences between inpatient and day treatment of bulimia nervosa. The Authors reported in detail on the design and 3-month outcome in a previous article and present the results of the 12-month follow-up in this letter. Fifty-five of 204 patients screened at an outpatient clinic fulfilled the inclusion criteria, gave informed consent and could be randomized.

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Genetic and environmental influences on disordered eating: An adoption study.

Twin studies indicate significant genetic, but little shared environmental, influences on eating disorders. However, critics argue that study limitations constrain the conclusions that can be drawn. Adoption studies avoid many of these limitations, but to date, no adoption studies of eating pathology have been conducted. The current study was the first adoption study to examine genetic/environmental effects for disordered eating. Participants included 123 adopted and 56 biological female sibling pairs. Disordered eating (i.e., overall eating pathology, body dissatisfaction, weight preoccupation, binge eating) was assessed with the Minnesota Eating Behaviors Survey (Klump, McGue, & Iacono, 2000; von Ranson, Klump, Iacono, & McGue, 2005). Biometric model fitting indicated significant genetic...

Puberty and the genetic diathesis of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors.

Twin studies from the Minnesota Twin Family Study (MTFS) suggest negligible genetic effects on eating pathology before puberty but increased genetic effects during puberty. However, an independent study found no pubertal differences in genetic and environmental effects (R. Rowe, A. Pickles, E. Simonoff, C. M. Bulik, & J. L. Silberg, 2002). Discrepant results may be due to methodological differences. The MTFS studies divided twins at mid-puberty, whereas R. Rowe et al. (2002) divided twins based on menarche alone. In the present study, the authors aimed to reconcile discrepant findings by examining differences in etiologic effects for disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (i.e., levels of weight preoccupation, body dissatisfaction, binge eating, compensatory behaviors) using both classi...

BODYTALK: The video

Sara Sultanik, a talented grad student here at Newhouse, put together this cool video about the BODYTALK project. Thanks, Sara!

Everyone else--what are you waiting for? I'd love to get an MP3 from you for the BODYTALK project.

Unique

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I know that I AM BEAUTIFUL."

The Public Option Rises Again

Apparently, reports of the death of the "public option" in current health care legislation were premature. The House of Representatives passed a health are reform bill that includes a health insurance plan offered by the federal government.

The new bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962), replaces the previous bill (H.R.3200) originated in the House. H.R.3962 passed by the slimmest of margins, but passed nonetheless.

What would this bill mean for you if the Senate passes similar legislation and it becomes law? If you don't have insurance coverage now, you probably will. If you're a low-income American, you may qualify for a subsidy to help you buy health insurance. More employers will be providing coverage for their employees.

Perhaps more importantly, the bill prohibits your health insurer from refusing coverage (or charging different rates) based on your medical history. This could have an impact on those with eating disorders, since medical problems are common.

I haven't seen anything about whether you should expect to see your insurance rates rise under these conditions. Insurance companies charge high-risk customers more and low-risk customers less. If these charges have to be the same across all customers, you may see the rates on your current policy rise (or fall, if you're a high-risk person). Unless, of course, you end up with the public option.

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More on TBL

I may have said it before, but I'll say it again, I hate The Biggest Loser. While I'm all for encouraging healthy eating and exercise, this is not the goal of the show. Instead, contestants are put on low calorie diets and required to engage in extreme exercise, a combination that is simply unsustainable. A recent issue of Us magazine profiles three former contestants:

1) Hollie Self: Self is reported to eat 1,200 calories a day, run four times a week (up to 20 miles per run) and engage in strength training three times a week. Self completed the NYC marathon (5:08) and is training for a Half Ironman next year. For the uninitiated, that's a 1.2 mile swim, a 56-mile bike, and a 13.1 mile run (yes, all in one day). But, on a 1,200 calorie/day diet?

2) Alexandra White: It's reported that White eats 1,300 calories a day and works out for four hours a day, six times a week. This type of overtraining is likely to lead her to burnout and injuries and again, isn't sustainable on 1,300 calories a day.

3) Nicole Brewer: Brewer reportedly eats 1,600 calories a day, as she trains for the Philadelphia Marathon and teaches spinning and strength training classes.

My concern about these lifestyles is that they're unrealistic--the general public is led to believe that it's possible a) to function long-term on low calorie diets b) and to do that while engaging in frequent, rigorous endurance exercise. For most people, it's a set-up, at best, for failure and low self-esteem (If they can do it, why can't I?), and at worst, for illness and malnutrition.

The power of positive feedback

Dear Readers, I’d like to share an email from one of my adult patients that made my day. It came from Alice, a forty-something professional woman who has struggled with bulimia and her weight since college, and read: ”Marcia, I want to say thank you for your Food Plan. As I stood in the workplace kitchen today [...]

Newsflash: HAES Really Works!

At least, according to researchers at Laval University in Quebec, who have just published the results of a randomized trial comparing Health at Every Size with other food-related interventions.

The study involved premenopausal women considered overweight or obese, who spent time either in an HAES group, a support group, or a control group. A year after the trial had ended, the women in the HAES group had less "situational susceptibility to disinhibition," meaning they were less likely than women in the other two groups to overeat when triggered by stress, abundance, and other external situations. Women in both the HAES and support groups ate less in response to perceptions of hunger.

I'm a little irked that the ScienceDaily writeup of the study refers to HAES as a "new weight paradigm." But hey, it's still good news, and the beginning, I hope, of more studies looking at the benefits of HAES. Now, if only I could get these study results to the last group of doctors I spoke to . . .

Forum Post of the Week: Dealing With Hair Loss

When nutrition suffers, your hair can suffer, too. A college junior posted in the forum about her hair loss and received some surprisingly practical responses from other readers. Maybe you have experience with losing hair from an eating disorder, or regaining it as your health improved. Join the discussion!

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"I feel bad that I say I hate you."

Outcomes of Bulimia Nervosa - A Quarter Century of Research...

... where are we?

Objective: The present review addresses the outcome of bulimia nervosa, effect variables, and prognostic factors. Method: A total of 79 study series covering 5,653 patients suffering from bulimia nervosa were analyzed with regard to recovery, improvement, chronicity, crossover to another eating disorder, mortality, and comorbid psychiatric disorders at outcome. Forty-nine studies dealt with prognosis only. Final analyses on prognostic factors were based on 4,639 patients. Results: Joint analyses of data were hampered by a lack of standardized outcome criteria. There were large variations in the outcome parameters across studies. Based on 27 studies with three outcome criteria (recovery, improvement, chronicity), close to 45% of the patients on average showed full recovery of bulimia nervosa, whereas 27% on average improved considerably and nearly 23% on average had a chronic protracted course. Crossover to another eating disorder at the follow-up evaluation in 23 studies amounted to a mean of 22.5%. The crude mortality rate was 0.32%, and other psychiatric disorders at outcome were very common. Among various variables of effect, duration of follow-up had the largest effect size. The data suggest a curvilinear course, with highest recovery rates between 4 and 9 years of follow-up evaluation and reverse peaks for both improvement and chronicity, including rates of crossover to another eating disorder, before 4 years and after 10 years of follow-up evaluation. For most prognostic factors, there was only conflicting evidence. Conclusions: One-quarter of a century of specific research in bulimia nervosa shows that the disorder still has an unsatisfactory outcome in many patients. More refined interventions may contribute to more favorable outcomes in the future.

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Facing Eating Disorders? Help Is Here

Samantha used to have an allergic reaction every time she wanted to have one of her favourite foods. She had somehow made up her mind to give it up, realizing that maybe she wouldn't ever be able to have it. But now she has found out an easy way out. She can now eat anything she wants, anywhere and to her heart's content.

Mindfulness Training for Eating Disorders.

Mindfulness Training for Eating Disorders. Most eating disorders are linked to significant amounts of stress, mood disturbance, anxiety, phobias, substance abuse, and physical complications. All these factors have to be addressed when someone is trying to overcome an eating disorder. Mindfulness training is a technique which can help a person to cope with all these factors. [...]

Micrographia and hypophonia in anorexia nervosa

Micrographia is a condition, in which the sufferers write with small handwriting. Hypophonia is described as low volume speech. Both conditions have been described in neurological conditions, such as lesions in the deep white matter of the brain, Parkinson's disease etc., In this case report, we are presenting a 22-years-old female patient with anorexia nervosa who suffered from both these conditions. The patient also suffered from epilepsy. The onset of these symptoms, progress, and current status provides scope for discussing both the possible biological and psychodynamic etiology for these symptoms in this young woman. © 2009 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: International Journal of Eating Disorders)

Pre-Teen Obesity: An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth 100 Pound Cure

Whether you live on the west coast or the east coast, the silent killer called obesity is aggressively moving through our communities. More than likely, if you are not directly affected, the chances are that you have friends or family members who are loosing control of their weight.

Project BODYTALK: Anyone can record a commentary

I was interviewed this morning for the SU campus newspaper about Project BODYTALK. The reporter asked me an interesting question: Do I think that the act of telling your story around food and body image is healing? Is that what I hope to accomplish through this project--healing for the people who tell their stories?

My answer: Absolutely. But I also know that healing--in whatever form--will also happen through listening to these powerful stories.

To that end, I'd like to collect as many commentaries as possible. You don't have to have an eating disorder or serious body image issue to tell your story--in fact, I'd like to hear from people who feel good about their bodies, too!

Project BODYTALK starts today on the Syracuse University campus--but you don't have to come to campus to participate. Record your commentary in the privacy of your own living room and send it to me as an MP3 file. Please say your name and age at the start of the recording; if you want to remain anonymous, say that on the file too, and I'll edit it out.

If you want to submit a file, send it to hnbrown at syr dot edu.

If you're in or near Syracuse, come on down to the BODYTALK audiobooth any day this week or next between 3 and 8 p.m.: Newhouse 2, Room 472, studio P.

I hope to hear your story.

青年男子在性心理有哪些习惯？

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常用糖尿病治疗方法

什么是肥胖症？

引起肥胖的原因有哪些

肥胖是不少人害怕一事情,但偏偏有些人就是喝水也肥胖.那么是什么引起肥胖的呢?实际上引起肥胖的原因很多，有年龄的因素，饮食的因素以及生活方式的因素等。其中，饮食因素与生活方式因素是造成肥胖的最主要原因，具体来说就是脂肪食物摄取过多，缺少锻炼所致。现代医学已经证明，肥胖会严重的影响人体的健康，而且还很容易诱发心脑血管病、内分泌系统的疾病、消化、呼吸系统的疾病，甚至还有诱发恶性肿瘤的危险。如果对肥胖不加以控制的话，很容易发展成肥胖症。因此对正常人来讲控制体重很有必要，对肥胖的人来讲则应采取积极的减肥措...

The smart use of rewards in working with your anorexic child

Often Marcia works with young anorexic patients who are struggling to reach the healthy goal weight that the family, the doctor, and Marcia have agreed upon. Typically little gains are followed by losses, often caused by a stressful goings on in the adolescent or young adult’s life, power struggles between the patient and her (or [...]

A pilot study of interpersonal psychotherapy for preventing excess weight gain in adolescent girls at-risk for obesity

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is effective at reducing binge episodes and inducing weight stabilization in obese adults with binge eating disorder.We piloted the administration of IPT to girls at-risk for excess weight gain (BMI 75th-97th percentile; IPT-WG) with and without loss of control (LOC) eating. Thirty-eight girls (12-17 years) were randomized to IPT-WG or a standard-of-care health education group.All 38 girls completed the programs and all follow-up visits through 6 months. Thirty-five of 38 returned for a complete assessment visit at 1 year. Among girls with baseline LOC (n = 20), those in IPT-WG experienced greater reductions in such episodes than girls in health education (p = .036). Regardless of LOC status, over 1 year girls in IPT-WG were less likely to increase their B...

Andrea's birthday

Yesterday we celebrated what would have been Andrea's 30th birthday. It so very surreal to think that she has been gone for 10 years and would be beginning her third decade. For us she is forever 19. I started the day with an early, early morning hot tub soak and the praying of the rosary. Although my spiritual path has veered away from the Catholicism of my youth, I began the ritual of praying the rosary on Andrea's birthday a number of years ago. The second host family Andrea lived with in Spain when she was 14 were devout Catholics...

Saying Goodbye to Ed…

Individuals with eating disorders often express frustration because other people in their lives who have never had an eating disorder, just don’t seem to fully understand how difficult it is to live with this disease. Furthermore, once you have lived with an eating disorder, its often very difficult to imagine life without it - to imagine being recovered. The [...]

Scream

"I feel dead inside and dread having to put clothes on and leave the house."

Binge eating, purging, or both: Eating disorder psychopathology findings from an internet community survey

This study aimed to compare bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and purging disorder (PD) on clinically significant variables and examine the utility of once versus twice-weekly diagnostic thresholds for disturbed eating behaviors.234 women with BN, BED, or PD were identified through self-report measures via an online survey and categorized based on either once-weekly or twice-weekly disturbed eating behaviors.BN emerged as a more severe disorder than BED and PD. The three groups differed significantly in self-reported restraint and disinhibition and the BN and BED groups reported higher levels of depression than PD. For BN, those engaging in behaviors twice-weekly versus once-weekly were more symptomatic.The BN, BED, and PD groups differed in clinically meaningful ways. Fut...