Posted on Oct 1st, 2009 |
Girls from well-educated families who do well at school appear to be more at risk of developing an eating disorder, maybe because they feel more pressure to succeed, according to Swedish researchers.
Reuters reports that a study which followed more than 13,000 women born in Sweden between 1952 and 1989 found that as parents’ or grandmothers’ education increased, so did girls’ risk of being hospitalized for anorexia or another eating disorder.
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Posted on Sep 24th, 2009 |
Although the cycle of bulimia nervosa (BN) often begins slowly, a new study hopes to find a way to identify how to best treat the disease in adolescents before it spins out of control.
Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine and the University of Chicago are conducting the largest-ever randomized controlled trial of bulimia treatments for adolescents, comparing three current outpatient treatment models—cognitive behavioral therapy, family-based therapy, and individual psychotherapy—to determine which is most effective in treating adolescents.
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Posted in Bulimia
Posted on Aug 31st, 2009 |
Eating disorders affect millions of individuals throughout the world, impacting their health and even threatening death. Healthcare providers are still somewhat puzzled at certain symptoms found in these individuals, especially those with anorexia nervosa. Now, new technology is providing some much-needed insight. (more…)
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