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Eating Disorders Common In People With Type 1 Diabetes
Young women with type 1 diabetes may have a significant risk for developing eating disorders, according to researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School. In a recent study on girls with type 1 diabetes, results showed that 30 to 40 percent of the young women participants were struggling with some type of serious …
Overeating Could Lead To Even More Eating
Eating too much food reduces the hormone levels that signal feelings of fullness in the brain, thereby leading to more eating, according to a new study conducted by Thomas Jefferson University researchers. The new study hopes to shed light on one of the reasons people put on extra weight. According to researchers, when the gut …
Setting Realistic Resolutions For Your Body In 2015
While New Year’s resolutions can sometimes get a bad rap for being too lofty, research does suggest that coming up with a set goal can help you stick to it. The key, however, according to John C. Corcross, author of “Changeology: 5 Steps to Realizing Your Goals And Resolutions,” is to make a smart and …
Lawmakers Want Eating Disorders Included In The Health Care Reform
Some people in “high” places take conditions such as eating disorders and autism seriously lawmakers in North Dakota are working on hundreds of bills but one of their top priorities is the health care reform. These lawmakers are pushing for eating disorders and autism to be included. Health is a Dominate Theme in ND Health …
Increase In Childhood Anorexia Worrying Parents And Professionals Alike
Australian physicians are alarmed at a new trend that shows an increase in the number of children coping with serious eating disorders such as anorexia. Doctors at the Westmead Children’s Hospital in New South Wales note that childhood hospital admissions for eating disorders including anorexia have actually tripled in the past decade. Some of the …
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New Recovery Meeting In Newport Beach
The Victorian is offering a new eating disorder recovery and support meeting, open to the public: ANOREXICS AND BULIMICS ANONYMOUS (ABA) FRIDAYS MORNINGS, 10:30-11:30am THE VICTORIAN, 505 29th Street, Newport Beach, CA 92663 This is a 12 Step meeting. The women read a chapter out of the ABA 12 Step Book for inspiration and then …
87 Starting My New Routine
Ok. I’m starting my new routine of all around self care. There’s an OA phone meeting that I really like at 6:45 am this morning. I’m going to get some phone numbers from women who are at that phone meeting, and see what my options are. What these women with long term abstinence think regarding my slips. …
Eating Disorders And The Media: OMGaga Had Bulimia!
Anybody who is anybody knows that I am obsessed with shoes, Johnny Depp and Lady Gaga. Yep I ’m a little monster and have been since the first time she debuted herself in 9 inch platforms and platinum blonde bangs. I think it’s women like Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta who know what they want in life and don’t let anything …
Food AND Thought
“Self-care and Social Change” is a FREE workshop offered by RN, David Spero. It will be held on consecutive Wednesday evenings, 6:00 PM – 7:30 from April 13 – May 11, at the taqueria, Casa Sanchez, 2778 24th Street, between York and Hampshire Streets in San Francisco. For more info: Contact: David at [email protected] Remember to …
Where Have You Come From?
While reading a devotional recently God reminded me not to forget where I’ve come from; to remember all He has graciously brought me through. I’m not talking about the horrible life of sin and self-destruction from years past, although that’s definitely something I never want to forget. I’m talking about the fresh, even seemingly small …