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Anorexia and the art of healing
Rachel Finch-Knightley, 25, suffered from severe anorexia for seven years from the age of 15. When her weight plummeted to a critical level, she was admitted to an eating disorder clinic in Boston, MA, where she took part in an intense program of rehabilitation. She believes that regular sessions of art therapy greatly assisted her recovery.
Eating disorder behaviors of ethnically diverse urban female adolescent athletes and non-athletes.
This study suggests that Hispanic and Caucasian urban adolescent females are comparably more at-risk for eating disorders than African-American urban adolescent females. In addition, athletes were no more at-risk than non-athletes for eating disordered behaviors.
Characteristics of eating in anger, fear, sadness and joy
Subjects reported experiencing higher levels of hunger during anger and joy than during fear and sadness.
Also impulsive eating and sensory eating were rated higher during anger than during the other emotions.
Fat Hormone Leptin Has Opposite Effect on Two Distinctive Groups of Nerve Cells
From the belly to the brain, a new study by Boston researchers shows how the fat hormone leptin works in the brain to trigger the nerve cells that control eating. The study adds important details about how leptin, which is released into the blood stream from fat, may control the cognitive aspects of feeding behavior.
Gaining
and Losing:
Students recount their struggles with food fear and the
need for control that leads to anorexic behavior. In the
first few months of college, eating can easily get out of
control. Some students gain weight. Others develop eating
disorders such as anorexia. Here are accounts from two
Chronicle interns who struggled with food and share their
stories.
Models 'not to blame for eating disorders'
Being exposed to images of ultra-thin models does not have a lasting effect on most teenage girls, according to a US survey. It says only those with existing body image problems are significantly affected by the images.
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