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Middle Childhood Eating Disorders
Toward the end of middle childhood, individuals experience increased awareness of body image, or how they think and ...
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Emotional or Behavioral Disorders Defined
Emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) are difficult to define. In fact, some think that people are identified as ...
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My Child May Have an Eating Disorder -- What Can I Do?
The other day I heard my 13-year-old daughter complain, “I’m fat.” She's started to stay away from ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Teenagers and Body Image
IntroductionMuch has been written about body image over the past decades - almost all of it suggesting that both men ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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The Rise of Eating Issues and Disorders
The Rise of Eating Issues and DisordersSeeing the rail-thin models who strut down catwalks at fashion shows, you might ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Is Your Child An Emotional Eater? What You Can Do
Emotional eating is a huge factor in weight gain and with childhood obesity rates constantly climbing, it's important ...
Source: Education.com
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How to Find Help for Your Struggling Teen
The teenage years are a difficult time, as adolescents try to figure out who they are, who their friends are, and where ...
Source: Education.com
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America’s Children are Dying to Lose Weight
Wasting away, Katie died weighing only 58 pounds. And she was sixteen. That just doesn't seem possible to me when I ...
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Staying Healthy in College
Below are a few health issues you may face while at college and some action steps you can take to help protect ...
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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 ...
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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...
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Child Mental Health Resources
Young people can have mental, emotional, and behavioral problems that are real, painful, and costly. These problems,...
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Pica: Kids Eating Non-Food Items
Pica is the act of eating non-food items. Although young children are curious about their environment and predictably...
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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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Compulsive Exercise
Melissa has been a track fanatic since she was 12 years old. She has run the mile in meets in junior high and high...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
