Causes Of Appetite Loss - Articles
Causes of anorexia, explained?
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Carrie A.
Perhaps, if the folks at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London are right. New research, which will be presented at the Institute of Education conference this week, sheds light on the brain changes that accompany anorexia. Rather than a size zero fad or an overcontrolling mother, anorexia may be caused by changes to the brain that occur in th ...
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Evolution of anorexia
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Carrie A.
There are many theories out there as to what causes eating disorders--perhaps even more theories than there are people to profess them. Some of them are opinion, some of them are based in science, and some of them incorp ...
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Autism and anorexia
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Carrie A.
I have always been struck by similarities between the autism and eating disorder communities. Both conditions are rather misunderstood, and research into causes and cures is in its infancy at best. Both communities are home to parent-activists advocating for better research and care, for insurance coverage and a chance for the ...
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The NEW Anorexia
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Carrie A.
... ither we're going to die of obesity or of anorexia. Um, hello - Can't there be a middle ground here? If anorexia kills, then so does caloric restriction. Malnutrition causes virtually ALL of the symptoms of anorexia. You don't die directly from anorexia; you die of starvation or suicide. Nice options, there. Also please note the ext ...
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The NEW Anorexia
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Carrie A.
... ible. So either we're going to die of obesity or of anorexia.Um, hello? Can't there be a middle ground here? If anorexia kills, then so does caloric restriction. Malnutrition causes virtually ALL of the symptoms of anorexia. You don't die directly from anorexia; you die of starvation or suicide.Nice options, there. Also please note the extremely st ...
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Is Anorexia Addictive?
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Carrie A.
I stumbled across an interesting Power Point presentation by Shan Guisinger from the 2004 Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Berlin titled: Is Anorexia Nervosa Addictive? The information is basic, but provides a good overview of how biology can trap someone predisposed to AN in a viscious cycle of starvation and exercise. An article from Sci ...
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Defining Anorexia
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Carrie A.
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Here's a question that's near and dear to my heart: how do you define anorexia? There's the DSM-IV criteria which states the individual has to be less than 85% of ideal body weight, and not be menstruating. There's also the loosely used popular criteria of self-starvation. All of which can be true. So how, then, is someone anorexic versus just ...
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Emotions in anorexia
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Carrie A.
Here's a bit of a confession: I have a hard time believing people like me. Why? There are the obvious self-esteem issues, but there's also my whacked-out interpretations of what other people must be thinking about me. When I'm talking, are they bored or do they just have a really full bladder? Is it a bad day or something I said? Are they offe ...
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anorexia
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Laura S.
A common symptom seen in the sick preschool age patient is anorexia or loss of appetite. This is normal but in a pediatric preschool-aged patient, this is still something that bears watching as their metabolism increases when they are sick and they are a ...
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Anorexia.
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Arielle B.
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Don’t forget about me , she says As She twines her hands inside my hair And yanks me close so I can hear Her evil whisper in my ear. Just when I’m doing great And I can be myself again, She jumps up on my back; I can’t fight off the attack. Don’t do this on your own , She says Referring to my life. She says ...
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