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Dashed College Dreams Due to Bulimia

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Bulimia is a common eating disorder among college-aged students. Bulimia symptoms include episodes of binge-eating followed by purging through self-induced vomiting, over-exercise, or laxative abuse to ‘rid’ the body of [...]
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Sororities & Bulimia: What Can I Do to Help My Sister?

Dieting behaviors among college students are becoming more common. 83% of university females have consciously tried to lose weight or engaged in dieting behaviors [1]. The Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA), [...]
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Athletes & Anorexia: Why Being Lean Has Become An Obsession

Many sports are judged on the body-type, weight, and performance of an athlete. Aesthetic sports may be more susceptible to eating disorders and when comparing self to others, behaviors can [...]
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Disordered Eating Levels & Diagnosis: What is Wrong With Me?

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Disordered eating is becoming a popular term within clinical settings and can be part of a severe eating disorder. Westernized societies often have unrealistic views on dieting, weight, shape, and [...]
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Orthorexia and Anorexia – Comparison and Correlation, Part III

The first two parts of this series have shown that the behavioral foundations and consequences of Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) and Anorexia Nervosa (AN) make them formidable disorders to treat. Part [...]
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Orthorexia & Anorexia – Comparison and Correlation, Part II

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Part I of this series made it clear that, while they may share similar properties, Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) and Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are very different disorders. Jump into Part II [...]
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Competitive Female Athletes & Anorexia Nervosa

The American culture has long been obsessed with the importance of being thin, especially in the female [...]
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Lapband Surgery & Bariatric Surgery Statistics & Outcomes

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Obesity is considered a chronic disease and treatment is typically consistent with long-term solutions to have effective weight loss. There are some statistics, however, that look at the long-term outcomes [...]
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Bariatric Surgery & The Magic Bullet: Does it work?

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Bariatric surgery is becoming more common as a measure of weight loss. Often it is seen as a last resort or ‘magic’ surgery that will end the weight loss battle [...]
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