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Many young women leave for their freshman year of college with the fear that they will return home two sizes bigger than they left. In what is referred to as the "Freshman 15," young women binge on cafeteria food and late-night pizza and junk food while sitting around studying. (more…)
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Fifty-four percent of women would rather be hit by a truck than be fat, so it’s no wonder that nearly 10 million females (and 1 million males) in the U.S. are battling eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, while millions more suffer from binge eating disorder. According to the University of Virginia’s website, studies show that on college campuses, approximately 60 percent of women students have “disordered eating,” and about 20 percent of college students already have had, or are currently living with, an eating disorder.
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Binge eating can be just as detrimental to a person’s mental and physical health as binge drinking or any other impulse activity. To get a better idea of how to prevent and treat those who are dealing with this condition, researchers will examine it from a variety of angles, including race.
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