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Ana and Mia: My Eating Disorder "Friends"
If you're searching for information on the internet about eating disorders, you're bound to come across 2 girls' names, Ana and Mia. I've seen it phrased, "My Life With Ana," "Me and Mia," "PRO-Ana," and sadly, "Mia hates You." No, these aren't real girls' names.Body Image Therapy for Eating Disorders
It light of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week I wanted to tell you about the therapies used in recovery programs. I often associate eating disorders with control issues, but according to professionals at the Menninger Clinic in Houston folks with eating disorders spend nearly every waking moment - up to 80 to 90 percent of their day - obsessing about their appearance. Replacing this negative habit with a positive body image is essential to recovering from an eating disorder.
Katharine McPhee: On Bulimia and Recovery
Last year, after barely losing out to Taylor Hicks for the title of American Idol, Katharine McPhee stated that the reality show saved her life and not for the reasons you might think.
When Katharine received the news she made it to the final twelve girls of the competition, she decided it was time to face the eating disorder of bulimia that was ruining her most valuable attribute - her vocal cords. Bulimics eat excessive amounts of food, often feeling out of control, then, out of disgust and a fear of gaining weight, resort to vomiting or laxatives or other extremes.
Binge Eating: The Lesser Known Disorder
Did you know that binge eating has now become America's most common eating disorder, affecting one in 35 women, making it three times as common as anorexia nervosa? I honestly didn't know until I was watching CNN and saw the story of a young lady who suffered with binge eating.
Binge eating is a relatively unknown disorder since most people think that eating disorders are about not eating, rather than overeating.
Portia de Rossi: On the Other Side of Her Eating Disorder
We've seen a lot of Portia de Rossi in recent days - accompanying her girlfriend Ellen to the Oscars, bragging to Barbara Walters about all of the citrus trees they have on their ranch in Santa Barbara (I only have a one lemon tree so I am bit jealous). I find it great that there is more of her than there used to be. I mean literally more of her.
Are Models Too Thin, or Not Thin Enough?
Scandal loves Janice Dickinson and Janice Dickinson loves scandal.
On eating disorders, she has been reported to say:
"I'm dying to find kids who are too thin. I've got 42 models in my agency and I'm trying to get them to lose weight.
Eating Disorder Recovery Website: Something-Fishy
It is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, so I wanted to tell you all about a great "pro-recovery" site. Seems like an excellent response to all those "pro-ana" websites out there. Something Fishy is an organization dedicated to raising awareness and providing support to people with Eating Disorders, and their loved-ones.
Thin the Movie: The Reality of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders affect 5 million people in the U.S. More than 10% of those diagnosed with anorexia nervosa will die from the disease. Seeking to put a human face on these sobering statistics, acclaimed photographer Lauren Greenfield went inside a Florida treatment center to tell the stories of four women who are literally dying to be thin.
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
I want to make you all aware that it is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Eating disorders are serious issues and there are a lot of folks out there suffering. Most of us have heard of anorexia and bulimia, but MSNBC recently reported that binge eating is the most common eating disorder in the US.
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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
This may not be a sunny, happy topic, but it needs to be discussed. In fact, it merits an entire week of discussion, if not more. It is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
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