Eating Disorders Among Young Girls
Eating disorders have typically been believed to affect girls in their adolescence and on into the college years. Significant changes in body shape during adolescence and major life changes in college create the perfect storm of biological and environmental factors, increasing the risk of developing an eating disorder. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend [...]
U.K. Study Shows Alarmingly Young Ages of Children with Eating Disorders
Childhood diseases used to sound like measles, mumps and other related conditions. Today, however, U.K. researchers are urging parents and doctors to add eating disorders to the list before lives are lost. A report addressing the critical need for attention to children with eating disorders was recently published in the British Journal of Psychiatry and [...]
Parents Need to Talk to Kids about Eating Disorders as Early as Possible
The National Eating Disorders Association web site shows that over one-half of teen girls and nearly one-third of teen boys are using unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting and taking laxatives. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]
Are Experts Giving Prescriptions for Children’s Bad Behavior? Debate Continues
Is it just kids being kids, or do thousands of children actually need behavior-enhancing medications? The debate continues, with no clear answers except for data showing an increase in the number of prescriptions for medications to treat conditions like ADHD among children and preschoolers. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on [...]
