Remedies For Appetite Loss - Articles
The NEW Anorexia
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Carrie A.
... m stress. No kidding. So..let me get this straight. You eat less and then you...become obsessed about food. This isn't about "optimal nutrition." This isn't about weight loss. This is about malnutrition! It's your body's way of saying "FEED ME!" I've been there. I have different names for hunger. That's anorexia. That's also caloric restrictio ...
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The NEW Anorexia
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Carrie A.
... ef from stress.No kidding. So..let me get this straight. You eat less and then you...become obsessed about food. This isn't about "optimal nutrition." This isn't about weight loss. This is about malnutrition! It's your body's way of saying "FEED ME!" I've been there. I have different names for hunger. That's anorexia. That's also caloric restrictio ...
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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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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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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 incorporate both. When I first read of Shan Guisinger's" Adapted to Flee Famine" hypothesis on anorexia, I will admit that I thought the ...
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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 their children to lead ...
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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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Jennifer J.
His walker, missing yesterday, has been returned. The PSW tells me that Dad has been up at night. He tore up his room, they tell me. He is wandering down the hall. The charge nurse tells me that they give him some Ativan to calm him down. I think I could use one. I wonder what all these drugs do to him. Lately, after checking with the dietician, I ...
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