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New Study Says Peers At The Heart Of Teen Weight Concerns

02 July 2008

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...
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Hunger Hormone May Protect Against Stress Induced Depression And Anxiety

16 June 2008

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...
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Eating Disorders Among Teens: Now Almost A Fifth Are Affected, UK

13 June 2008

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...
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Eating Disorders News Articles Archive - Page 1

12 June 2008

Treatment Of Eating Disorders And Body Image Concerns Across The Life Cycle

04 June 2008

Nearly One In Five Teenagers Admit Eating Problems, But Anxiety Is A Bigger Problem Than Appearance

02 June 2008

Eating Disorders: Risk Varies By Age And Gender

23 May 2008

CNS Response, Inc. Provides Review Of Poster Session Delivered At The American Psychiatric Association 161st Annual Meeting

13 May 2008

Concern Over Strong Media Influence On Women's Body Image

09 May 2008

Illinois House Bill 1432 To Provide Fair And Equal Coverage For Eating Disorders

01 May 2008

Treatment Center To Host Conference To Discuss Controversial Look At Eating Disorders

30 April 2008

Program Works On Body Image Of Young Women To Reduce Onset Of Obesity And Eating Disorders

24 April 2008

Exercise Balance - Helping Over-Exercisers And Under-Exercisers - New Book

23 April 2008

What Is An Eating Disorder? Types Of Eating Disorders

Three Out Of Four American Women Have Disordered Eating

21 April 2008

John Prescott Battled Bulimia For Ten Years

The Uncommon Tale Of A Man's Struggle With Anorexia

17 April 2008

Size Zero Models Fuel The Rise In Eating Disorders, UK

17 March 2008

Increased Risk For Eating Disorders Found In Adolescent Girls With ADHD

13 March 2008

Black Girls Remain Less Likely Than Whites To Develop Eating, Weight Disorders; Weight Concerns Rising Among Black, Hispanic Boys, Study Finds

09 March 2008

New Findings About The Brain Lead To Treatment For Eating Disturbances

06 March 2008

NATA Publishes Position Statement On Disordered Eating Among Athletes

Mice With Gene Deletion Provide Clues To Prader-Willi Syndrome In Stanford/Packard Study

04 March 2008

Testosterone Could Guard Against Eating Disorders

03 March 2008

High Prevalence Of Eating Disorders In Narcoleptics

28 February 2008

Restricting Insulin Doses Increases Mortality Risk

27 February 2008

Anorexics Who Commit Suicide Use Extreme Methods, Leaving Little Doubt Of Intent

21 February 2008

Society For Adolescent Medicine To Focus On Adolescent Obesity At Annual Meeting In Greensboro, North Carolina

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week - IAEDP Southern California Event

19 February 2008

Chicago-Based Treatment Center Participates In National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Bringing Attention To Fatal Diseases

Overcoming An Eating Disorder: A Glimpse Into One Woman's Journey

15 February 2008

Aurora Vista Del Mar To Host Eating Disorder Expert Prior To National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Does Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Hold Promise For Treating Eating Disorders? Harvard Medical School Reaction

Liver Damaged By Too Much Fast Food And Too Little Exercise

07 February 2008

Inadequate Diagnostic Criteria For Eating Disorders Shown By New Rhode Island Hospital Study

06 February 2008

Is The Obesity Epidemic Overstated?

01 February 2008

Promising Results For Treating Anorexia Nervosa With Deep Brain Stimulation - International Neuromodulation Society

19 January 2008

Is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation A New Treatment Of Bulimia Nervosa?

10 January 2008

People With Anorexia Less Likely To Be Blamed When Biology, Genetics Explained

09 January 2008

Regular Family Meals Lower Risk Of Eating Disorders Among Adolescent Girls

Brits Obsessed With Going On Diets

Disordered Eating Less Common Among Teen Girls Who Regularly Eat Family Meals

20 December 2007

Mental Health Care Needed Before, After Bariatric Surgery, Says The Harvard Mental Health Letter

04 December 2007

Anorexia More Likely To Hit Males Who Have Twin Sister

03 December 2007

Brain Patterns Of Former Anorexics Reveal Clues To Disorder's Lasting Impact

01 December 2007

Education: The First Line Of Defense Against Eating Disorders

26 November 2007

Israeli Fashion Photographer Leads Worldwide Campaign For Healthier Models

21 November 2007

Most College Students Wish They Were Thinner, Study Shows

20 November 2007

Study Of Adolescent Eating Disorders

11 October 2007

Going Back To School Can Trigger Eating Disorders

05 October 2007

Starting University May Be Hazardous To Your Health: Study

04 October 2007

'Extreme' Teenagers

03 October 2007

"Female Athlete Triad" ACSM Position Stand Now Available

Many Overweight Teens Have Same Eating Disorders As Thin Peers

27 September 2007

Women With Anorexia Nervosa Have A Different Sense Of Taste

Does Your Child Or Spouse Have An Eating Disorder? If They Did, Would You Know?

19 September 2007

Alternate-Day Fasting: How Good Is It For Your Health?

13 September 2007

Four Nation Support For BAPEN's UK-Wide Nutrition Screening Week On Malnutrition

08 September 2007

Pregnancy May Increase The Risk Of Developing Binge Eating Disorder

06 September 2007

Professor Identifies New Eating Disorder - Purging Disorder

04 September 2007

Bulimia Patients Respond Better To Family-based Treatment Than Supportive Psychotherapy

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