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Teen Eating Disorders, Psychological Problems Often Hand-in-Hand
The overall incidence of eating disorders among teenage girls is low, but those who develop them are at high risk for other emotional problems that linger into early adulthood.

Binge Eating FAQ's
 Eating disorders involve serious disturbances in eating behavior, such as extreme and unhealthy reduction of food intake or severe overeating, as well as feelings of distress or extreme concern about body shape or weight. 

Women and Body Image
Developing and nurturing a positive body image and a healthy mental attitude is crucial to our happiness and wellness, as we move through the different stages of our lives.

Eating Disorders More Likely in Diabetic Girls
Eating disorders are more than twice as likely among teen-age girls with type 1 diabetes as in nondiabetic teens, elevating their blood sugar in the short run and tripling their risk of vision loss in the future

Moms: Are You Nursing an Eating Disorder?
The style in which an infant nurses -- rapid and vigorous or slow and lackadaisical -- may offer some revealing glimpses into the future of her emotional health.

Changing Your Relationship with Food
In order to have a healthy relationship with food, it is important that you be aware of how your emotions affect your eating.

Using a Food Diary
Food diaries help to understand one's eating habits. They can be used to identify problems related to eating behaviors, food eaten, and what may trigger overeating.

Dealing with Feelings About Food
In the beginning man ate for survival. Today, eating is a much more complex issue. With rising rates of obesity and eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, eating has become a disease for many Americans.

Binge-eating disorder -- more than just eating too much
Overindulgence is not generally the same as binge eating. Binge eating is defined as consuming a large amount of food within two hours and being unable to control the amount consumed and to stop eating.

Males with Eating Disorders
"It is estimated that 8 million people in the United States are suffering from an Eating Disorder, and of that number 10% are men."

Middle Aged with Eating Disorders
Eating disorders not only torment young women and girls, but also men and women in middle age and even in the elderly.