Eating disorders and addictions tend to be commonly associated. In addition to addictive behaviors, compulsive eating patterns have been associated with high-risk substance abuse [1]. Some sufferers turn to alcohol [...]
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Adolescents experiencing an eating disorder (ED) are often diagnosed with co-occurring mood disorders, particularly depression. In fact, research estimates that 23-48% of adolescents with an ED have comorbid depression [1]. [...]
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Eating disorders worldwide have “practically doubled over the last 20 years, and ha(ve) been the highest in adolescence [1].”  It is during this transitionary period that teens begin to notice [...]
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Many adolescents and teenagers today face eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Because of the severity of these mental illnesses, professional treatment and interventions are [...]
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A recent study published in the Health Economics journal identified an increasing number of teenagers who are engaging in smoking behaviors in effort to lose weight. This troubling trend raises [...]
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Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Special Projects Coordinator at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Adverse Affects of Teen Pregnancies Teenage pregnancy, or pregnancy in females under the age of 20, [...]
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Contributor: Leigh Bell, BA, writer for Eating Disorder Hope Body image is a topic most often addressed with young girls and adolescent females, but as the number of males with [...]
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Have you seen a kids’ action figure lately? Most are massively muscular, and for those that have been around for a while, like Luke Skywalker and G.I. Joe, they’re bigger [...]
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