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Thursday Nov 19 | ContactMusic.com

Kate Moss - Kate Moss Causes Slimming Storm

Kate Moss has been blasted over comments she made in an interview, saying ''nothing tastes as good as skinny feels''. Kate Moss has sparked controversy after being accused of making comments which could promote extreme slimming.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Earth Times

New Eating Disorder Specialist Library Launched to Help Eating...

Finding treatment for eating disorders is an overwhelming task for those suffering from eating disorders and the loved ones trying to help them.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

MSNBC

From in the Shadows: One Family's Battle with Bulimia

Shelby Starner shot her first music video when she was just 15 years old. It's for a song from her album called "From in the Shadows." Her father Allan Benn said, "It's a particularly beautiful song and it speaks to sense of being different." And Shelby was different.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

The Honolulu Advertiser

Eating disorders seminar to feature panel discussion

Mental Health America of Hawai'i will hold a seminar on eating disorders tomorrow at Harris United Methodist Church near downtown Honolulu.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Honolulu Metro, Honolulu, HI

Wed Nov 11, 2009

RecordNET

Disordered eating

You look at your child and see the most beautiful, talented, intelligent kid ever to walk the face of the Earth.

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Related Topix: Body Image, Health, Family, Teenagers, Stockton, CA, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, University of the Pacific, Medicine

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Press-Citizen

Learn about eating disorders

Eating disorders often are a secret problem for the people who battle them, one local clinician said.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Iowa City Metro, Iowa City, IA, Psychology, Science, Saint Louis University

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Wiltshire Times

Cotswold Unit manager Louise Tohill and support worker Emma Douglas chat to patients

A patient at a new eating disorder unit that opened at Savernake Hospital a year ago summed up its success, saying: "I came in here with just a past but now I have a future." The Cotswold House unit is run by the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Trust, which has a national reputation for specialising in treating eating disorders.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Gazetteandherald.co.uk

Marlborough area patients find a new future

A patient at a new eating disorder unit that opened at Savernake Hospital just over a year ago, summed up its success saying: "I came in here with just a past but now I have a future." The Cotswold House unit is run by the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Trust, which has a national reputation for specialising in treating eating disorders.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Examiner.com

Is the FREED Act going to provide government support to those with eating disorders?

Is the federal government going to finally consider eating disorders to be a disease as they do alcoholism and drug addictions? Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act of 2009 , also known as H.R. 1193 is the first sign that the U.S. government may provide government recognition of eating disorders.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Fri Oct 30, 2009

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"College Triggers" Can Increase Eating Disorder Risk

DENVER, CO, October 30, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Research shows that the transition to college, with its inherent pressures and changes, can increase the likelihood of eating disorders in young adults.

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Related Topix: Denver Metro, Medicine, Health

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Examiner.com

Drunkorexia on the rise

This summer saw an increase in college aged females with a binge drinking, and co-occurring eating disorder problem called "Drunkorexia" according to the Eating Disorder Center of Denver.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sun Oct 18, 2009

NPR

Leisl and Amanda, founders of an acting group to increase awareness of mental health issues.

Theater group founder Amanda Gelender and production director Liesl Spitz worked together to produce a show that dramatized real-life accounts from Stanford students living with mental health problems.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Depression, Health, Medicine, Family, Teenagers, Stanford University

Sat Oct 17, 2009

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Eating Recovery Center Quiets "Fat Talk" During Fat Talk Free Week

DENVER, CO, October 17, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- When nearly 85 percent of American women are dissatisfied with their appearance and one-half of all fourth grade girls are on a diet, it's no wonder "fat talk" permeates American society.

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Related Topix: Denver, CO, Denver Metro, Medicine, Health, Body Image, Marketing

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The GW Hatchet

New counseling program addresses eating disorders

Dr. John Dages, director of the University Counseling Center, says there are likely many students with eating disorders who are going untreated.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Fri Oct 09, 2009

BMC Surgery

Factors associated with dropout from treatment for eating disorders:...

Dropout is common in the treatment of eating disorders , but the reasons for this phenomenon remain unclear.

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CiteULike

Cost-utility of treatment of bulimia nervosa.

Abstract OBJECTIVE:: The costs of treating eating disorders are high. Our objective was to perform a cost-utility analysis of treatment of bulimia nervosa.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

Los Banos Enterprise

Food matters

Eating disorders come in all different shapes and sizes. Some people with eating disorders have a problem with wanting to be so thin that they nearly waste away to skin and bones.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

Community News

Local doctor in National Eating Disorder Organization's fundraiser

According to the National Eating Disorder Association, more than 11 million people in U.S. are currently battling eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, while millions more suffer from binge eating disorder.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Stow, OH

Mon Sep 21, 2009

GlobeNewswire

National Eating Disorders Association-Long Island Announces a Public Conference

The National Eating Disorders Association-Long Island will feature Jenni Schaefer, author of her new book, "Goodbye Ed, Hello Me," along with Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CDN, nutrition therapist and national speaker.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, New York Metro

Fri Sep 18, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Educated Family May Mean Higher Eating Disorder Risk

Girls whose mothers, fathers, and grandparents are highly educated may have an increased risk of developing an eating disorder, a new study suggests - particularly if the girls themselves do well in school.

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