eating disorders
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 emotional distress which cannot be expressed in an...read more
What is and causes bulimia ?
What is bulimia? Bulimia Nervosa is a type of eating disorder. Eating disorders is the term used to describe a group of illnesses where someone has a distorted view of body image and extreme disturbances in eating behaviour. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervos...read more
What is binge eating disorder and are the effects ?
What is binge eating disorder? Most people overeat every now and again and it is not uncommon to occasionally feel as though we have eaten more than we should have. However, regularly consuming large amounts of food when you are not feeling hungry, usually to the point of feeling overly ful...read more
What is binge eating?
Is your eating making you feel depressed, do you turn to food for comfort, in times of stress, unhappiness, boredom? Do you feel your eating is out of control are you obsessed with food and your weight; is your relationship with food overtaking your life making you unhappy?Y...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 need to consume between 3,000 and 4,000 calories a day if he is pa...read more
Why do some people become binge eaters?
There doesn't seem to be one single factor that makes certain people become binge eaters, although dieting seems to play an important direct role in the cause of binge eating.Certain personality types - givers, helpers, people pleasers, worries, avoider's. J...read more
