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eating disorders

Night Secrets: Understanding Night-Eating Syndrome

October 13, 2010 Read the full article →

By LAVINIA RODRIGUEZ Special to the Times While millions of people will admit to feeling guilty about their eating behavior, some people feel so much shame, they try to hide their consumption under cover of darkness. Individuals with night-eating syndrome have difficulty staying asleep at night.  They get up several times during the night to [...]

Diet Pills Not the Answer

September 29, 2010 Read the full article →

Millions of Americans dream of the perfect diet pill.  They want something that will burn fat with no effort, has no side effects, and will keep fat away for life. Many drugs have been marketed as diet wonders. But in every case, not only did the drugs fail to be the panacea expected, they also [...]

Body Image Distortion: What are the Symptoms?

September 16, 2010 Read the full article →

You might be clinging to a distorted body image if: 1.  No matter how much weight you lose, you still view your body as unacceptable or too big. 2.  People describe your size in a significantly different way than you do. 3.  You have difficulty accepting compliments about how good you look or how thin [...]

Why People Lose Control of Eating: What Causes Compulsive Eating or Binging

September 1, 2010 Read the full article →

Most people with problems controlling their eating think that it’s caused by some weakness on their part. In reality the problem has more to do with the human brain. Compulsive eating problems are not rare today, but for the person experiencing the problem, it feels like no one could possibly understand what it’s like. Sadly, [...]

Eat When Hungry to Lose Weight: Losing Weight Without Starving

September 1, 2010 Read the full article →

Most diets leave a person battling with hunger yet the most effective way to lose weight should not involve any struggle with hunger. The body needs food to survive and one of the ways the body makes sure that it gets this fuel is through the feeling of hunger. For most people in developed countries, [...]

I See Myself as Fat But Others Don’t

June 22, 2010 Read the full article →

Warning Signs of Body Image Distortion There are people who insist that they are overweight when others continually tell them that they’re not. They see fat where others don’t. Who’s right? Everyone distorts her body size to some extent. After all, people can only look at themselves from within or through a mirror. They can [...]

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