Eating disorders are common in men. Even though in the past, it has been considered a ‘female disease’; males also suffer from EDs and have a lifetime prevalence rate of [...]
Bulimia is a common eating disorder among college-aged students. Bulimia symptoms include episodes of binge-eating followed by purging through self-induced vomiting, over-exercise, or laxative abuse to ‘rid’ the body of [...]
Dieting behaviors among college students are becoming more common. 83% of university females have consciously tried to lose weight or engaged in dieting behaviors [1]. The Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA), [...]
Social media has taken over Westernized societies, or so it seems. It can be seen in many areas of a person’s everyday life such as schools, classrooms, the workplace, and [...]
The first two parts of this series have shown that the behavioral foundations and consequences of Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) and Anorexia Nervosa (AN) make them formidable disorders to treat. Part [...]
Part I of this series made it clear that, while they may share similar properties, Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) and Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are very different disorders. Jump into Part II [...]
Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is a reasonably new eating disorder that is becoming more common and more well-known. Many compare this disorder to Anorexia Nervosa (AN) as they have a few [...]
The American culture has long been obsessed with the importance of being thin, especially in the female [...]
@ Dr. Tian Dayton on January 11, 2018 Tian Dayton, MA, PhD, TEP – Senior Fellow of Meadows Behavioral [...]
It is impossible to interact with the world today without being constantly inundated with messages about body size, weight, and appearance. Advertisements, headlines, and peers convincing people that they are [...]
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