Copyright 2008 Medical News Today Latest Eating Disorders News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/eatingdisorders/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116475.php A recent study published by the International Journal of Eating Disorders reveals that university undergraduate women who actively participate in sports and exercise-related activities tend to have higher rates of attitudes and behaviors related to eating disorders compared to those who do not regularly exercise. Eating Disorders Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113525.php The peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure. So reports a new study (1) by Dr. Eleanor Mackey from the Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC, and her colleague Dr. Annette La Greca from the University of Miami. Also influencing weight control behavior is girls' own definition of normal body weight and their perception of what others consider normal body weight. Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111447.php By doing tests on mice fed on a calorie restricted diet, US researchers have discovered that ghrelin, a hormone that increases when people don't eat, may defend against symptoms of depression or anxiety brought on by stress. The research is the work of scientists led by senior author Dr Jeffrey Zigman, assistant professor of internal medicine and psychiatry at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Anxiety / Stress Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111041.php We may be bombarded with statistics concerning childhood obesity, but the number of children suffering from eating disorders is also on the rise. According to government figures, the number of cases of children being admitted to hospital with eating disorders such as anorexia has increased by more than a third over the last 10 years, with 562 girls and 111 boys aged under 18 hospitalised in 2005/06 (i). Eating Disorders Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/110923.php Event: According to sobering statistics from the National Institutes of Mental Health, one in 10 patients with anorexia nervosa will die of the condition. Eating disorders and body image concerns are not solely the realm of American teenage girls. Women of all ages, men, and boys suffer from eating disorders, too. Eating Disorders Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109898.php Eighteen per cent of school children who took part in two health surveys carried out a year apart admitted they had eating problems, according to research published in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing. Thirteen per cent admitted eating problems in either the first or second survey and a further five per cent reported problems in both surveys. Eating Disorders Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109595.php Binge eating and purging can occur in boys and girls at a variety of ages, but the risk factors for these behaviors largely vary by age group and gender, according to an article released on June 02, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Eating Disorders Fri, 23 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/108519.php CNS Response, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CNSO) reported the results of a study presented at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 161st Annual Meeting by Dr. James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Walden Behavioral Care Inpatient Psychiatry and Eating Disorder Programs. Eating Disorders Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/107269.php As France's parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images affect women. In the May issue of Psychological Bulletin, University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher Shelly Grabe and psychology professor Janet Hyde describe a sweeping analysis of 77 previous studies involving more than 15,000 subjects. Women's Health / Gynecology Fri, 09 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106836.php State Senators John Cullerton (D-6th District) and Heather Steans (D-7th District) will present a bill to the Illinois State Legislature Insurance Committee on May 8th that could have life or death consequences for the citizens of Illinois. Introduced by Rep. Fred Crespo (D-44th District), HB 1432 will strengthen the Illinois mental health insurance parity law by providing fair and equal insurance coverage for those suffering from anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Eating Disorders Thu, 01 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/105866.php In the United States, as many as 10 million females and one million males are fighting a life and death battle with anorexia or bulimia and another 25 million with binge eating disorder, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. In years past, the majority of clinicians have rejected the idea that eating disorders have biological roots. Most believe eating disorders are tied more closely to psychosocial and family influences. Eating Disorders Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/105804.php In their research on eating disorders, Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientists help young women reduce the influence of the "thin ideal," which is described as associating success and happiness with being thin. ORI scientist Eric Stice, Ph.D. and his colleagues have found that their obesity prevention program reduced the risk for onset of eating disorders by 61% and obesity by 55% in young women. These effects continued for as long as 3 years after the program ended. Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/105185.php Everyone has heard the term "no pain, no gain," but some exercisers can take this mentality to the extreme. Take Billy, for example, who runs two hours on weekdays, and up to four hours on Saturdays and Sundays, regardless of injury. Excessive exercise is becoming increasingly popular, and dangerous, as people assume that "all exercise is good exercise" and they fail to realize the harm they are inflicting upon their bodies and minds. The new book, Sports Medicine / Fitness Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/105102.php If a person has a compulsion to eat, or not to eat - a compulsion that has a negative effect on his/her mental and physical health, he/she probably has an eating disorder. The two most common types of eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Some estimates say that approximately 5-7% of American females suffer from either disorder at some time during their lives. Anorexia nervosa It is defined as a psychological disorder. Eating Disorders Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/105005.php Sixty-five percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 report having disordered eating behaviors, according to the results of a new survey by SELF Magazine in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eating Disorders Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/104823.php Ex-Deputy Prime Minister, UK, John Prescott, 69, battled in silence with eating disorder bulimia for ten years. In a BBC interview Prescott says the shame of being a high-profile figure with the illness kept him in silence. In a Sunday Times article he says he used to consume huge quantities of food - which might include the entire menu of a Chinese restaurant, plus a whole tin of condensed milk and trifle, and then he would vomit. Eating Disorders Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/104820.php Every month or so, the popular media are saturated with stories of the latest Hollywood starlet's eating disorder. However, it is rare to hear of males who are suffering with anorexia, bulimia, or other disorders. In his forthcoming autobiography, former deputy prime minister John Prescott has admitted to the public that he began his struggle with bulimia in the 1980s. Eating Disorders Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/104263.php With constant images of stick-thin, size-zero models, tiny-waisted pop princesses and actresses is putting young girls' health at risk and fuelling the rise in eating disorders, according to Professor Janet Treasure of the Eating Disorders Research Unit at Kings College London. Unrelenting exposure to pictures of thin women reduced self-esteem, especially among teenage girls. Eating Disorders Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/100816.php Girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stand a substantially greater risk of developing eating disorders in adolescence than girls without ADHD, a new study has found. "Adolescent girls with ADHD frequently develop body-image dissatisfaction and may go through repeating cycles of binge eating and purging behaviors that are common in bulimia nervosa," said University of Virginia psychologist Amori Yee Mikami, who led the study. ADHD Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/100474.php Black teenage girls are less likely than their white counterparts to diet, take diet pills, purge or exercise excessively to lose weight, but black and Hispanic boys are more likely than white boys to use extreme weight-loss measures, according to a study published in the March issue of International Journal of Eating Disorders, Reuters Health reports. 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