Eating Disorders Danger - You Can Be Too Thin
Often you see articles on obesity and the health risks associated with being severely overweight. Carrying an extra 20, 50, or 100 pounds or more can put great strain on your back, your muscles, your heart, and even your mental health. You might think it stands to reason, therefore, that ...
Eating Disorders: Maybe It's Time for a Little Political Correctness
Recently, I began questioning the usage of the term eating disorders. It used to be referred to as anorexia. The term has since expanded to include not just anorexia, but bulimia, compulsive eating, binge-eating and exercise addiction or as Dr. Margo Maine, a clinical psychologist and author of the book, ...
Treatments for Depression and Learning Disabilities
Most of the people are unaware about the depression and learning disabilities but these diseases are very common. Children who suffer from learning disabilities suffer with common pressures of everyday living. They either cannot speak fluently or are unable to take stress or are not competent enough to take care ...
Eating Disorders 101: An Introduction
Research reports that two out of four young people have unhealthy ideas about eating, dieting and weight. With the alarming increase of eating disorders, dieting, and obesity among children as young as 5 and 6, it's crucial these days for parents to proactively work to promote healthy eating and body ...
Websites Promoting Pro-Anorexia Lifestyle Dangerous
Anorexia nervosa is a complex eating disorder that is characterized by a poor self-image, which ultimately leads to self-starvation and extreme weight-loss.
About one percent of all adolescent females have anorexia, while only 10 percent of total anorexia cases are men. The reason why females are more susceptible to anorexia probably ...
Eating Disorders: Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions
Eating is controlled by many factors, including appetite, food availability, family, peer, and cultural practices. Attempts at voluntary control. Dieting to a body weight leaner than needed for health is highly promoted by current fashion trends, sales campaigns for special foods, and in some activities and professions.
Eating disorders involve serious ...
Eating Disorders And The Use Of Yoga In Prevention And Treatment
It was not so long ago that eating disorders, such as bolimia and anorexia, were thought to be purely the result of mental conditions. More recently, though, some physical factors have been attributed to these conditions. It is now thought that eating disorders can be triggered by a multitude of ...
Gastric Bypass Complication: Gastrogastric Fistula
While the success rate of gastric bypass surgery is very good, complications from the weight loss surgery do occur. One of the rare complications is a gastrogastric fistula or leak in the newly reduced stomach pouch.
Recently a LivingAfterWLS reader named Margo suffered such a complication. She had surgery on July ...
Female Infertility and Morbid Obesity: The Gastric Bypass Solution
More and more we learn about our neighbors and friends having difficulty conceiving. In fact, about 14% of couples in industrialized countries report infertility problems. There is a growing body of evidence that indicates lifestyle choices such as diet and body negatively impact female fertility.
Obesity has a strong association with ...
Help For Hemorrhoids
When it comes to hemorrhoids there are several things you can do both at home, but also there are several surgical options that you can use to cure your hemorrhoids. There are also a number of foods that can help you to relieve and prevent the painful symptoms of hemorrhoids. ...
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