Pro-Anorexia: The New Online Predator
May-23-2007
Two years ago, googling "pro-ana" brought up a host of news articles and blog posts condemning the pro-anorexic movement.
Photo Finish: Lauren Conrad vs. Anorexia
May-21-2007
That's really what this photo finish boils down to as a pair of Hollywood Gossip favorites recently donned the same cute outfit.
'Self-care intervention'
May-22-2007
"I don't like much about my hair"
J.J. Barrows' three favorite parts of recovery from anorexia and bulimia: peanut butter, pineapple pizza and spa day.
Anorexia, Anorexia
May-08-2007
Anorexia is an eating disorder with psychological inflections Anorexia usually affects young girls and women with fewer incidences found in men Anorexia begins at the onset of puberty in girls Those suffering from anorexia starve themselves because they fear eating may make them fat As a consequence of this self imposed starvation weight loss is common in anorexics
Anorexia, What Is Anorexia Nervosa
May-07-2007
Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion Individuals with anorexia often control body weight by voluntary starvation purging vomiting excessive exercise or other weight control measures such as diet pills or diuretic drugs Anorexia nervosa primarily affects young adolescent girls in the Western world and has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric condition with approximately 10 of people diagnosed with the condition eventually dying due to related factors The suicide rate of people with anorexia is also higher than that of the general population and is thought to be the major cause of death for those with this condition
Keira Knightley and Anorexic Witchhunts
May-08-2007
Actress Keira Knightly continually denies that she suffers from Anorexia. She even went so far as suing a British tabloid paper in January. This brings to light the issue of stigma based on body size and how a "too-thin" body brings on accusations of anorexia....
anorexia?
May-08-2007
does anybody have any resources about what to do if you think your friend might be anorexic? one of my friends goes through periods of not eating much and exercising a lot. she only does this when she's going to...
(Guardian Angel/166311) - That disease would be called 'anorexia nervosa'.
May-08-2007
That disease would be called 'anorexia nervosa'.
Personally, I think it's blindingly obvious.
Anorexic women do not die young
May-08-2007
Death rate for eating disorder not unusual- copyright Canada.com/Mayo Clinic - A Mayo Clinic study looks at patients over 60-year period and found that people with anorexia nervosa do not die sooner than men and women without the eating disorder.
Kate Beckinsale's Anorexia Comments Enrage Sufferers' Parents
May-01-2007
Hollywood actress Kate Beckinsale has been branded "irresponsible" by parents of anorexic sufferers, after she claimed the eating disorder was the result of an unhealthy home life.
Kate Beckinsale's Anorexia Comments Enrage Sufferers' Parents
May-01-2007
Hollywood actress has been branded "irresponsible" by parents of anorexic sufferers, after she claimed the eating disorder was the result of an unhealthy home life.