Disordered Eating

Compulsive Eating At Work: How To Stop Eating At Your Desk

Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Eating at Desk, Disordered Eating, Women and Food, Eating at Work, Overeating, Compulsive Eating, Geneen Roth, Eating at Your Desk, Slidepollajax, Women News

Just because we live in an insane culture doesn't mean we have to be insane, too. Be the one who doesn't do it and see what happens. Someone has to be the one who says, 'I'm not going to do it this way. I deserve more.'"

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Not Funny: What Happens When A Comedian Gets Agoraphobia?

Sara Benincasa | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Disordered Eating, Sara Benincasa, Girl Interrupted, Eating-Issues, Anxiety, Fear of Strangers, Agoraphobia, Women News

"Also I have panic attacks," I added quickly. "And I'm afraid of cars and buses and trains and planes. I mean, I rode in a car today but I really didn't want to."

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3 In 4 Young Women Suffer From Disordered Eating

Susan Liddy, M.A., PCC, CPCC | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Healthy Living Health News, Definition of Disordered Eating, Recovering From Disordered Eating, Mental Health, Healthy Living Mind, Types of Disordered Eating, Healthy Living News

More common, but lesser-known, is a phenomenon called "disordered eating." Although disordered eating is considered less serious than eating disorders or obesity, it can lead to both.

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It's Not "Liarexia," It's Disordered Eating

Stephanie Marcus | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Women's News, The Daily Mail Femail, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Weight Issues, Food Issues, Liarexia, Women News

"Liar-rexic" is the Daily Mail's catchy new term for women who in public appear to have hearty appetites but greatly restrict their calories in privat...

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Is it Unhealthy To Be Too Obsessed With Health?

Dana Ullman | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Health Addiction, Health Obsession, Stress Management, Exercise Addiction, Personal Health, Healthy Living Body, Food Obsession, Yoga Practice, Disordered Eating, Healthy Living News

A growing number of people are becoming more than concerned about their health; they are becoming obsessed with it.

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Eating Disorder Causation: A Call For More Research

Judith Brisman, Ph.D. | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Eating Disorders, Parenting, Disordered Eating, Genetic Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders Parenting, Nature vs. Nurture, Healthy Living News

I don't think we will ever be able to know exactly why an eating disorder develops in one person and not another. However, I do think it always helps to be curious about one's family -- whether there is an eating disorder crisis or not.

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Children with Eating Disorders: Are Parents to Blame?

Judith Brisman, Ph.D. | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Teen Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Kids Eating Disorders, Healthy Living Health News, Children Eating Disorders, Parenting Advice, Anorexia Treatment, Home News

Every family should take a look at itself and see what is working and what isn't, to allow for growth, independence, intimacy and exchange with all family members.

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A Teachable Moment? Marie Claire Blogger's Commentary on "Fat People"

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fat Talk Free Week, Fat, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Marie Claire, Obesity, Blog, Maura Kelly, Operation Beautiful, Body Image, Susan Albers, Style News

Can we turn Maura Kelly's "disgust" in "fat people" into a teachable moment?

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Why I Don't Hate Barbie Anymore

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toys, Dolls, Barbie, Eating Mindfully, National Barbie Convention, Body Image, Ruth Handler, Barbie Dolls, Dr. Susan Albers, Robin Gerber, Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Self-Esteem, Mindful Eating 101, Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created, Style News

Barbie, as beautiful as she is, has had a tough life. She's not well liked by everyone. In fact, Barbie has taken a lot of heat for damaging women's body images, or at least being a symbol for it.

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Another Photoshop Debacle

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photoshop, Today Show, Crystal Renn, Mindful Eating, Ralph Lauren, Eating Mindfully, Dieting, Dr. Susan Albers, Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Diet, Photoshopping, Plus Size, Style News

Here we go again. Didn't we learn anything from the Ralph Lauren photoshopping incident last year? See a clip of Crystal Renn, a "plus sized model" discussing her outrage at being made to look thinner in a recent photo shoot.

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The Price of Beauty (Part II)

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 11.17.2011

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On The Price of Beauty, Jessica Simpson discussed the scary and dangerous part of the fashion world -- the enormous pressure to be thin.

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Photoshopping Hall of Shame

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dove, Photoshop, Mindful Eating, Thin, Dieting, Body Image, Jean Kilbourne, Mindless Eating, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Evolution, Ralph Lauren, Photoshopping, Newsweek, Beauty, Airbrushing, Media News

Welcome to the photoshop hall of shame courtesy of Newsweek entitled, "Unattainable Beauty" (Click Here). It's likely that you heard about the Ralph L...

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Girl 'Bullied' Into Anorexia, Mom Says

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Thin, Anorexic, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anorexia, Obsessive Compulsive, Health, Disordered Eating, Bulemic, Eating Disorders, Peer Pressure, Wellness, Eating Disorder, Healthy Living News

PITTSBURGH — A woman has filed what experts believe is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Public Schools, claiming her daughter deve...

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