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Eating Disorders, Programs
Are you an Emotional Eater?
Posted on 07 April 2010
Emotions are an unpredictable joy and sometimes burden of living. They allow us to feel the sensual experiences of life. They make us laugh, cry, scream and dance. Emotions can also help us fall in love, start a business, quit a job or get a divorce. The way we deal with our emotions can be positive or destructful. If someone doesn’t respond well to their emotions, they may act violent, drink too much or engage in activities that cause harm to them self or others. However, a person who has learned to control or respond to their emotions in a positive way may express it through poetry, working out or reading a book (to name a few) Continue Reading
Healthy Living, Programs
No-cost Exercise Ideas
Posted on 05 April 2010
Most adults need at least 30 minutes of exercise each day to maintain a healthy body weight. To lose weight, 60 minutes of exercise per day is recommended. Children should get at least 60 minutes of exercise. To help you stay active, we’ve put together a list of 30 fun, cheap things to do: Continue Reading
Eating Disorders, Programs
Eating Disorder & Disordered Eating Statistics
Posted on 05 April 2010
Research suggests that about one percent (1%) of female adolescents have anorexia. That means that about one out of every one hundred young women between ten and twenty are starving themselves, sometimes to death. There do not seem to be reliable figures for younger children and older adults, but such cases, while they do occur, are not common. Continue Reading
Minorities
Minorities & Eating Disorders
Posted on 01 February 2010
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. 480,000 people die each year from eating disorders (ED) or ED-related illnesses. Some of these illnesses can be caused from your body being overweight, underweight and/or nutrient deprived. Although it’s often thought that minorities do not suffer from eating disorders, statistics show that the [...] Continue Reading
Signs
Eating Disorder Signs
Posted on 01 February 2010
Beware: A person suffering with an eating disorder is not always underweight. Many persons suffering with eating disorders are average or overweight. Body size does not mean a person is suffering less or is in less danger. Anorexia danger signs include: 1. Significant weight loss 2. Continual dieting (even if the person is already thin) 3. Feelings of fatness even [...] Continue Reading
Minorities
Minorities and Eating Disorders
Posted on 01 February 2010
Myth: Eating Disorders only affect white women Fact: Eating Disorders affect minorities at equal rates as whites Surprising Facts About Minorities and Eating Disorders 1. Minority women have higher overweight and obesity rates than white women. 2. Mexican American men have a higher overweight and obesity rates than non- [...] Continue Reading
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