In 1997, Dr. Steven Bratman coined the term orthorexia to help his patients realize that instead of being healthy, their eating habits were disordered. Then in 2004, Dr. Bratman expanded his theory of orthorexia in his book, Health Food Junkies. Dr. Bratman created a ...
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View MoreOn October 23, 2019, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Martha McSally (R-AZ), both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced ...
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View MoreMental illness is often difficult to treat, especially eating disorders . This potentially deadly illness is particularly harmful in teenagers. A ...
View MoreEating disorders are notoriously difficult to overcome, and must be handled by professionals in multiple fields of medicine. For the best odds of ...
View MoreBreaking News in the Field of Eating Disorders Research This week, researchers in the field of eating disorders announced ground-breaking results from ...
View MoreWhile this story certainly involves denial of healthcare benefits, insurance, mental health parity, and questionable legal tactics, this is actually a ...
View MoreEating disorders have been shown to have high rates of hospitalizations and death (Arcelus, Mitchell, Wales, & Nielsen, 2011; Klump, Bulik, Kaye, ...
View MoreIt’s 2019, and by now everyone knows what they need to know about eating disorders and we don’t need to raise awareness, right? Of course not. Why? ...
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