High-Achieving Women and Binge Eating Disorder

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Woman with BED walking her dog The term “high-achieving” may seem self-explanatory, but there are a few behaviors and traits that stand out as high-achieving. Individuals that have high-achieving personalities, first and foremost, have a strong desire to accomplish their goals. They are adept at combining these desires with their motivation, resources, and abilities to ensure that the goals are met. [...]
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Orthorexia and Perfectionism: Correlations & Facts

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Woman with flowers The link between eating disorders and perfectionism has been studied extensively, with most researchers and clinicians maintaining that one of the common central features of all EDs involves the desire for physical or emotional perfection, or both [1]. Most of this research supports the relationship between perfectionism and anorexia and bulimia nervosa (AN and BN). [...]
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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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