Search Results for: blog anorexia nervosa dieting out of control

Spring Babies Have Slightly Higher Risk of Anorexia

Posted on by

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that tends to start when someone is in their teen years. Teens, (and adults), who have this psychological disorder have a distorted body image, which causes the person to be overly preoccupied with controlling their food intake. Researchers have found that babies that were born during the Spring months have a slightly higher risk of developing anorexia nervosa. Anorexia will usually present itself when a person is a teenager. This mental disorder generally affects more women than men, but men can be affected by this disorder as well. This disorder starts with strict dieting … Continue reading →

Risk of Anorexia May Be Genetically Determined

Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological disorder that typically affects adolescent girls, but can also affect adolescent boys, and adult women and men. It is an eating disorder that distorts body image, and effects a person’s health in a very negative way. There have been many theories about why anorexia occurs, and why some people develop it while others do not. A new study reveals that there may be a genetic link that increases a person’s risk of having anorexia. It has been estimated that 9 out of 1000 women in America have anorexia nervosa. Patients with this disorder have an … Continue reading →

Anorexia Nervosa: Dieting Out Of Control

Although this is a topic about dieting that has gone terribly out of control, it is also a very real psychological disorder. Anorexia nervosa, or anorexia is an eating disorder that is difficult to treat. It typically affects the female in 95% of the cases. I am sure that this is no surprise to anyone given our world of focus on the relation between beauty and thinness. However, this disorder can affect the male species as well. It usually makes itself known in the adolescent. Everything starts out relatively normal in the victim of this disorder. They begin by wanting … Continue reading →

What is Anorexia?

Rachel was 17 years old when she was first taken to her local doctor by her worried Mom for help. She looked older than her years— her lifeless eyes were shadowed, and her cheeks sunken. Her skin was pasty and stretched tightly across her cheekbones giving her a skeletal look. Her collarbones protruded sharply through her loose-fitting shirt. Despite her current appearance, Rachel still retained the traces of the beautiful young woman she had once been. Two years earlier Rachel had been “chunky”, as her best friend, Chloe, had one day innocently commented. It didn’t help Rachel that Chloe was … Continue reading →

Eating Disorders – Mixed Messages

Posted on by

As I was reading up on some recent research I came across two related to eating disorders/weight, and while reading them I realized how many mixed messages we are sending. One was about a spike in eating disorders in older women while the other focused on the link between body weight and personality. While I found the information in both articles interesting, there were pieces that were almost contradictory in nature. It got me thinking about the messages we send out about eating disorders. We complain about living in a culture obsessed with thinness, and often blame the media and … Continue reading →