The Symptoms of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa

Their obsession leads to them monitoring their weight very often on an hourly basis. They develop feelings of guilt, depression and mood swings. Their feelings of self-worth center around there eating habits and how successful they are at losing weight fast.

Laxative Abuse For Bulimia

Can laxatives actually help you to lose weight? If you use laxatives to control your weight, because of your bulimic condition, then find out why it is dangerous for you to continue doing so.

Eating Disorder Results In Death to Brazilian Model

21 year old Brazilian Model Ana Carolina Reston died from an eating disorder. Her death highlights the need of fashion houses and venues, as well as designers, to ban models of size zero.

Disordered Eating: Treatment and Nutritional Strategies

There is indeed a paradox when it comes to female athletes and energy intake. On the one hand, they may need to consume a high calorie diet because of their extreme training intensity. On the other hand, they may feel that they are eating too much compared to non-athletes, they may develop self-imposed weight restrictions, and coaches may propose team-imposed weight limits. These factors can influence behaviors to the point where an athlete can develop disordered eating patterns.

What is Anorexia Nervosa and Who Might be affected?

Eating disorders also tend to run in families. Female relatives are most often the ones affected. It has been found that a girl has a 10 to 20 times higher risk of developing anorexia nervous if she has a sibling with the disease. This finding suggests that genetic factors may cause some people to develop eating disorders. Stressful events are likely to increase the risk.

The Link Between Acid Reflux and Smoking

If you smoke, or use any form of tobacco, improving your posture while you eat isn't going to do much for your condition. Why? Smoking/nicotine is a direct contributing factor to acid reflux and to chronic heartburn caused by gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD). Therefore, engaging in any tobacco use - cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff and chewing tobacco - can not only become a literal pain in the chest, for GERD sufferers it can even disrupt sleep and interfere with your lifestyle.

What To Do When You're Craving Unhealthy Foods

It seems that even though you may know what's good for you, the “bad” foods or the foods you're trying to avoid are still not only tempting, but sometimes temptation is stronger than anything.

Eating Disorders - Serious Business

The number of people diagnosed with an eating disorder has been on the increase since the 1970’s. Thin is not always healthy, especially when unorthodox methods are used to become thin. Everyone should learn and know about eating disorders and their dangers for there own safety as well as their families and friends.

GERD and Acid Reflux Complications – Ulcers Strictures and More

Take a subject most people do not want to discuss like heartburn and vomiting, then throw in pain which only the person going through it can understand and you will describe Gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Eating Disorder - Bulimia Nervosa

In Bulimia Nervosa, the individual binges and then purges which can be in the form of vomiting, exercising to excess, using laxatives or enemas, in order to try and get rid of the excess calories. This takes place in a cycle of bingeing and purging.

Is Your Child Anorexic?

If looking at all those skinny, malnutritioned supermodels wasn't enough, you have an aspiring model at home? Well, with all this hoopla around having a perfect figure, young girls often forget that a balanced diet is required to be healthy and living. Every girl, since the time she is born, it seems, wants to look like Avril Lavigne. Some are thankfully born with her kind of structure. The less fortunate ones, refuse to eat a balanced diet because they want to attain the so called perfect body. Whoever, saw them munching on healthy, homemade food?

Are You At Risk for Binge Eating Disorder

Do you have binge eating disorder? If you do, what can you do about it?

Compulsive Overeating and the Dangers It May Bring

Compulsive overeating is one of the least noticed eating disorders at present but it can also bring about serious health complications. To know more about this malady, please read on.

Anorexia and Bulimia - the Most Common Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are a common problem of the modern society. Mostly women are affected by eating disorders but a number of men are also suffering