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Eating Disorders
It's common for kids - particularly teens - to be concerned about how they look and to feel self-conscious about their weight. During puberty, kids' bodies are changing dramatically and they are facing new social pressures, like attraction to the opposite sex. Unfortunately, for a growing ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions
Eating is controlled by many factors, including appetite, food availability, family, peer, and cultural practices, and attempts at voluntary control. Dieting to a body weight leaner than needed for health is highly promoted by current fashion trends, sales campaigns for special foods, and in some ...
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Commonly Asked Questions: Bulimia Nervosa
What is It? Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder. People with this disorder often eat in "binges" and then try to...
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Binge Eating Disorder
Kids are always rooting around in the kitchen, especially during the teen years. They grab a handful of cookies here, a...
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Commonly Asked Questions: Anorexia Nervosa
What is It? Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that has been gaining a lot of attention in the last 10 to 15 years....
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Negative Comments From Family Affect Weight Concerns in Women at High Risk for Eating Disorders
Beware of offering criticisms about your daughter's weight, shape, or eating, say experts who studied the impact of such...
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What Are the Symptoms of an Overeating Disorder?
When my 14-year-old daughter and her friends are hanging out at our house, it seems like they’re always raiding the...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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