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Anorexia nervosa: body to skeleton
Anorexia nervosa, or anorexia, is a type of eating disorder that mainly affects adolescent girls and young women. A person with this disease has an intense fear of gaining weight and limits t...read more
Anorexia and its causes
What is anorexia nervosa? Anorexia Nervosa is a type of eating disorder. Eating disorders refer to a group of illnesses where someone has a distorted view of body shape and weight and they h...read more
Anorexia gets you in the long term
What is anorexia nervosa ? Anorexia nervosa is the best known of a range of illnesses classified as eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa literally means “loss of appetite for nervous rea...read more
Bulimia: one of the fastest growing neuroses in the Western world
If not stopped, starving, stuffing, and purging can lead to irreversible physical damage and even death. Eating disorders can affect every cell, tissue, and organ in the body...read more
Do you have an exercise addiction?
For some people, exercise can become compulsive, to a degree which is as physically, psychologically and emotionally destructive as ingesting chemica...read more
Eating disorders and body image
Eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction were once the domain of an obscure branch of psychiatry. But in recent decades, our culture has bombarded people with images of an ideal physique that is increa...read more
How can you tell if someone has anorexia ?
There are various ways in which anorexia nervosa can be detected. The main point to remember is that people with anorexia are the masters of disguise. It must be appreciated that anorexia is predominantly a...read more
Signs pointing to anorexia
What to look out for? Anorexic boys and girls display similar physical and psychological changes as their illness starts to take hold, although boys are more likely to be concerned with their athleticism, whilst girls are mu...read more
Teenagers and eating disorders
Eating Disorders are common with young adolescents, especially girls. Anorexia and Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia is a preoccupation with becoming fat and trying to obtain the perfect body shape.Ther...read more
The dangers of anorexia
Anorexia can be very dangerous if it is not caught early. I am not a doctor so cannot comment on the specific medical dangers of anorexia, but effectively the body is being starved of its fuel. In its most...read more
The recovery route
The route to recovery of an illness of this kind can only be described as performing an uphill obstacle course. Do not be disheartened by this though, as it is worth it. All involved will turn out better people in the end....read more
Tips to care for someone who is anorexic
One of the main things you should do as a carer, is keep the network of support tight around the sufferer until such time as it is not needed as frequent. As a carer you should aim to perform the following ro...read more
Triggers for (boy) anorexia
1. Going through a very early puberty. It is no coincidence that many cases of anorexia start in puberty, both in boys and girls. With girls the reason seems more obvious as they look in the mirror and ...read more
What are eating disorders?
Eating disorders are often described as an outward expression of internal emotional pain and confusion. Obsessive thoughts about, and the behaviour associated with, food are maladaptive means of dealing with ...read more
What to do if your son has anorexia
For parents and carers who are concerned that a boy in their care is developing anorexia:1. Make sure you and your child understand how much an active teenagers needs to eat in order to grow. He/she may...read more
