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National Eating Disorders Association Launches 26th Annual National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Themed Everybody Knows Somebody Columbus, OH (PRWEB) March 02, 2013 The Ohio Psychological Association (OPA) is taking part in the National Eating Disorders Association’s (NEDA) 26th annual National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAwareness Week). This annual awareness campaign runs Feb. 24 - March 2, to bring public attention to the critical needs of people with eating disorders and...
CHICAGO, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Insight Behavioral Health Centers and the University of Chicago's Eating Disorder Program are teaming up to study new options for adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa who do not respond to current treatment protocols. Daniel Le Grange, Ph.D., director of the Eating Disorder Program at the University of Chicago, will serve as principal investigator for the expansive three-year study. Dr. Le Grange was a member of the original...
OCONOMOWOC, Wis., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eating disorders (EDs) are occurring at an alarming rate in the United States. In fact, the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) indicates up to 24 million people of all ages - both male and female - suffer from an ED. Often manifesting in adolescence, EDs may go untreated for years until a life-threatening episode occurs. That's why Dr. Tracey Cornella-Carlson, a board-certified child and adolescent...
The CDC has published a study highlighting the health risk facing women who engage in binge drinking. Sovereign Health of California is committed to fighting binge drinking and alcohol abuse - http://www.sovcal.com/treatment/alcohol-abuse.shtml Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2013 14 million women in America engage in binge drinking, approximately 3 times a month averaging almost six drinks per binge drinking period according to a recent study on alcohol abuse published by the U.S....
CHICAGO, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adolescents and young adults who overeat or binge eat are more likely to use illicit drugs. A recent study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine reports both binge eating and overeating predicted the onset of marijuana use and overeating predicted the onset of both marijuana and other drug use. Binge eating on the other hand, indicated the onset of obesity/overweight and depression symptoms. (Logo:...
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) ("American Capital") announced today that in December 2012 American Capital and an affiliate invested in the equity of portfolio company The Meadows to support the acquisition of Remuda Ranch, a provider of inpatient, residential and outpatient eating disorder treatment programs. The Meadows is a premier multi-disorder inpatient facility specializing in the treatment of a broad range of addictions....
The history of Obesity timeline has been updated to include the new Columbia University study's findings, but timeline curator and health and fitness expert says most people will draw the wrong conclusions. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) December 31, 2012 HistoWiki.com's History of Obesity timeline curator and noted Houston area fitness trainer E. Calvin Barber II disagrees with the recent study out of Columbia University, led by Keith Wilcox, Ph.D., that has Facebook users checking their...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Sitting around during the holidays and checking out a few updates on Facebook while photo-stalking an old lover? One report suggests that may be making you fat. A new study found Facebook stalking and scouring for the latest updates from your friends could be a contributor to negative eating habits that could drive up obesity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 35 percent of all American adults struggle...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists recently found that binge eating and overeating could be related to the use of marijuana or other drugs in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings of the study were recently published online in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a research publication affiliated with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). "In summary, we found that binge eating,...
ANAD, BEDA and NORMAL, three national nonprofits dedicated to education on weight acceptance, have united their organizational efforts to produce a new documentary film titled Beneath the Floorboards—the true story of a mother and daughter as they struggle with binge eating disorder and the accompanying weight bias, shame and stigma that they experience. This film takes an intimate and personal look at their journey, and explores the bullying due to weight stigma that faces individuals...
