Eating Disorders

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Bombarded by images of stick-thin celebrities - from the elegant Duchess of Cambridge to the iconic Lady Gaga - girls and young women are starving themselves to achieve the same svelte look.

Eating disorders can affect anyone at any age. Why experts warn these conditions are affecting more adult women -- and how to spot the warning signs.

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Take note of an exciting new resource for treating eating disorders. The Renfrew Center, the nation's first and largest network of eating disorder treatment facilities, today announced its newest non-residential facility in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

Walden Behavioral Care, LLC of Waltham, one of the country's leading hospitals for treating eating disorders, announced that it will hold an open house from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan.

A new study reveals that a staggering one out of three men would sacrifice a year of life to achieve their ideal body weight or shape.

Walden Behavioral Care, LLC, one of the country's leading hospitals for treating eating disorders, announced today that it will sponsor a half-day seminar on binge-eating disorder from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Feb.

Sugary drinks are one of the leading culprits behind America's weight problem. Whether it's sugar-sweetened soda, sports drinks, teas or juices, we're each gulping down an average of 70,000 liquid calories each year.  

While behaviors associated with eating disorders may begin with a fixation on calories and weight, eating disorders generally stem from issues beyond food and body size.

By now it is common knowledge that being severely overweight puts people at increased risk of suffering from heart disease, stroke and diabetes and that obesity--defined as weighing at least 20 percent more than the high side of normal--is on the rise. According to one estimate, the U.S. will be home to 65 million more obese people in 2030 than it is today, leading to an additional six million or more cases of heart disease and stroke and another eight million cases of type 2 diabetes. Many clinicians have already begun seeing families in which the grandparents are healthier and living longer than their children and grandchildren.

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An exact determination of expected body weight for adolescents based on age, height and gender is critical for diagnosis and management of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

A SPECIALIST unit to treat eating disorders has fallen months behind schedule as new figures show an increasing number of young patients suffering from the conditions.

An exact determination of expected body weight for adolescents based on age, height and gender is critical for diagnosis and management of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

More and more middle-aged and older people are receiving treatment for eating disorders, the Chicago Sun-times reports today.