Shame and Eating Disorders: Would You Like To Share Your Experience? Based on the recent poll at Weighing The Facts, My Eating Disorder: One Word At A Time, one of the highest ranking choices was the word "Shame." In hopes of helping others to understand and/or relate, Weighing The Facts is looking for your experience with shame and it's connection to your eating disorder. Submissions that are received will be included in an upcoming post. All submissions will be anonymous, listing... Read Full Story

Shame and Eating Disorders: Would You Like To Share Your Experience? Based on the recent poll, My Eating Disorder: One Word At A Time, one of the highest ranking choices was the word, "Shame." In hopes of helping others to understand and/or relate, Weighing The Facts is looking for your experience with shame and it's connection to your eating disorder. Submissions that are received will be included in an upcoming post. All submissions will be anonymous, listing only your gender and... Read Full Story

Poll: My Eating Disorder, One Word At A Time What words help define your experience with your Eating Disorder? In the sidebar you will find an anonymous poll, My Eating Disorder, One Word At A time, where you can share your words with others who also suffer with an ED, and help those that don't to better understand. If the list is missing words that are important to you and your experience please feel free to share them in the comment section. If you are in recovery or seeking... Read Full Story

Petition for Change in Diagnostic Criteria For Eating Disorders An online petition requesting a change in the current diagnostic criteria for eating disorders is looking for signatures. Many with eating disorders find themselves not meeting the criteria as defined by the "American Psychological Association in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)." Due to this treatment is often delayed until the patient progresses in her/his disorder. In addition due to... Read Full Story

Eating Disorder Recovery: Inspirational Quotes #5 Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. Mark Victor Hansen Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions. Ben Stein Many more recovery quotes can be found here.   sources: http://inspirationalquote.blogspot.com/2006/08/quotes-on-believing-in... Read Full Story

Pregnancy and Eating Disorders: Important Information If you suffer from an eating disorder and have discovered you are pregnant, or are planning on becoming pregnant, it is extremely important for your health and the health of your baby that you speak with your doctor and receive proper medical care. Click here for Informative Links. picture source: http://www.clker.com/ Labels: ana mia pregnancy, anorexia and pregnancy, binging and pregnancy, bulimia and pregnancy... Read Full Story

In The News: Eating Disorders To Hell and Back: Appetite for Life Regained Kate Benson Medical Reporter July 26, 2008 IT'S been six months since Lucy Howard-Taylor wished she was dead. For almost four years, the demons of anorexia nervosa rode on her back, convincing her she was worthless, unattractive, dull and unnecessary in the wider scheme of life. "I had some very poisonous conversations with my anorexic demon," she says as she recalls her descent into hell with a... Read Full Story

New Student Health Study: Teens, Eating Problems, and Anxiety According to research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, teens are dealing with eating problems at a much higher rate than may have previously been suspected. The studies involved 372 students between the ages of 15 and 17, with 57% being girls and 43% being boys. The health studies were done a year apart, involving the same students in each study. Click here to see The Study Results. Sources: http... Read Full Story

Laxative Abuse for Weight Loss Many with Eating Disorders abuse laxatives (a medication used, in several forms, to bring about a bowel movement) in a misguided attempt to rid the body of the food they've eaten before calories can be absorbed. This is impossible as laxatives are designed to artificially stimulate nerve endings in the colon, the last part of the digestive tract, where indigestible fiber resides after food has already been digested in the small intestine. Others use them to... Read Full Story

Diuretic Abuse for Weight Loss Sometimes those with eating disorders will use diuretics in an attempt to control their weight. But it is not weight that is lost by this practice. The lower numbers on the scale do not reflect a loss of body fat but a loss of water. This is a dangerous practice as water is essential to health and dehydration can cause damage to your body and even result in death. Please click here to read article in full. sources: http://www.diseasesdatabase.com... Read Full Story