Eating Disorders
Anorexia, binge eating, bulimiathese are all eating disorders. Women are more likely than men to develop an eating disorder; very often, it starts in the teen years. If you know someone with an eating disorder, encourage them to get helpas the disorder can cause serious physical problems, even be life-threatening. Depression and anxiety might be part of the picture as well. Be hopefulas psychotherapy, nutrition counseling, and medication treatment can help.
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- Q How does binge eating disorder affect the body?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyCramming your body with too much food can put serious stress on your organs. In this video, Dr. Oz demonstrates how binge eating can damage your stomach and crush your intestines. Full Answer
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- Q What are the causes of binge eating disorder?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyBinge eating is not about the food. In this video, Geneen Roth, an eating disorder and food addictions specialist, helps Dr. Oz's guests understand the emotional issues that drive them to binge eat. Full Answer
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- Q What is it like to be a binge eater?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyIt's hard to understand what binge eating is like if you don't have the disorder. In this video, Dr. Oz talks with a binge eater about what drives her, what it feels like to eat uncontrollably and how she feels afterward. Full Answer
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- Q What is a binge?
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When somebody with an eating disorder experiences a bingeing episode, they will eat a large quantity of food in a very short time. The amount of food consumed is many times more than a person of their size would normally eat in one sitting. They will... Full Answer
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- Q Why do I binge eat?
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Laura Katleman-Prue, Nutrition & DieteticsBingeing begins with a desperate, empty feeling that leads to an uncontrollable desire to eat pleasure food. Entering a hypnotic like state, we're unable to stop gorging even after we've become uncomfortable or sick. Bingeing has a... Full Answer
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- Q Are there alternative treatments for binge eating disorder?
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Regular exercise can help improve moods and manage body weight in people with binge-eating disorder. More specifically, there is evidence to suggest that yoga can have a calming effect and may help eliminate stress, one of the emotional triggers of a... Full Answer
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- Q Does binge eating disorder run in families?
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Research is currently underway to establish whether a child can inherit a genetic predisposition towards developing binge-eating disorder. The condition is often found to affect several close relatives in a family. Even if there is not a direct genetic... Full Answer
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- Q How can I stop binge eating?
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Laura Katleman-Prue, Nutrition & DieteticsIf you're bingeing, I recommend working with a skilled, empathic psychotherapist. Psychotherapy teaches you to accept and positively express your feelings, needs, desires, and drives. Learning not to repress anger or drives, including egoic... Full Answer
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- Q What signs can detect an eating disorder in my child?
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Dr. Michele Borba, PsychologyEating disorders are difficult to detect in the early stages, but here are signs:• Mealtime a constant battle• Eats in bizarre way (obsessive, picky, hides food, bizarre eating times, etc.)• ... Full Answer
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- Q Do eating disorders affect children differently than adults?
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Eating disorders do not actually affect children differently than adults, but the majority of cases occur in teenagers and young women. The generally accepted reason for this is because adolescents and young adults are more susceptible to eating disorder... Full Answer
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