Thinspiration, Bonespiration, and Social Media Concerns

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Man researching exposure-based therapy on his iPad “Thinspiration” is a phrase that has caught on within social media like wildfire and has started a world of pro-ana and pro-mia websites that promote and support eating disorder behaviors. Images that typically come with the phrase ‘thinspiration’ are underweight men and women, or words such as ‘starving’ or ‘perfection’ and tips on how to [...]
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Executive Women and Anorexia: Leaders May Imply Lean is Powerful

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Executive women in a business meeting Eating disorders among women over 30 is becoming more common, and a study suggests that almost 4% of middle-aged women between their 40s and 50s are affected by an eating disorder [1]. Executive Women and Ideal Beauty Eating disorders encompass anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Top leading fashion magazines more often than not display lean [...]
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Fraternities & Eating Disorders in College: Correlations & Concern

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College Fraternities 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 .3% for anorexia, .5% for bulimia, and 2% for binge eating disorder.  Total statistics equate to approximately 25%, (or 10 million men) of individuals in the [...]
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Dashed College Dreams Due to Bulimia

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Woman looking at a computer while biting a pencil 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 the food ingested. What is Bulimia Bulimia is a severe eating disorder and a mental health diagnosis. Typically a person will become obsessed with body [...]
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Sororities & Bulimia: What Can I Do to Help My Sister?

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Sororities Sisters 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), reports that 15% of women aged 17-24 have an eating disorder and 20% of college students say they have previously had an eating disorder, and [...]
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The Digital Era: Saving Kids From Developing an Eating Disorder

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Child using social media and technology 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 even in selfies. Everyone of every age seems to have a smartphone these days with instant 24-hour access to social media platforms. Teenagers especially seem [...]
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Athletes & Anorexia: Why Being Lean Has Become An Obsession

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athletes running on the bridge Many sports are judged on the body-type, weight, and performance of an athlete. Aesthetic sports may be more susceptible to eating disorders and when comparing self to others, behaviors can increase rigid eating, engagement in over-exercise programs, and over-commit to their sport which can lead to a diagnosable eating disorder. Stress and Pressure Anorexia is [...]
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Avatars & Anorexia: What We Can Learn About Body Image

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Woman with anorexia in the wheat The relationship between eating disorders and technology is complicated. Technological advancements have brought about social media and harmful pro-eating disorder websites that increase the prevalence of eating disorders. Even so, technology has also lead to powerful online recovery communities and more advanced research techniques. A breakthrough in one of these techniques has just yielded valuable [...]
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Orthorexia and Anorexia – Comparison and Correlation, Part III

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Woman with anorexia 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 III of this series moves past this gloom to focus on what interventions and treatments are most effective in overcoming these disorders. Diagnosis Only AN [...]
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