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This Is What It’s Like to Be Overweight and Have Anorexia

By Elizabeth Henges — 2019

Eating disorders as a whole are relatively misunderstood, and the misunderstandings become even worse if you don’t “look” the part.

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Minority Women: The Untold Story

The stereotypic image of those suffering from eating disorders is not as valid as once thought.

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Marian Fitzgibbon, Melinda Stolley
2000
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The Challenge of Treating Anorexia in Adults

A new program aims to help the most long-suffering patients by addressing the neurobiology of the eating disorder.

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Carrie Arnold
2016
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With Eating Disorders, Looks Can Be Deceiving

Distorted eating behaviors occur in young people irrespective of their weight, gender, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

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Jane E. Brody
2020
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Anorexia Nervosa: What You Need to Know

Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental health condition and a potentially life threatening eating disorder. However, with the right treatment, recovery is possible.

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Yvette Brazier
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When Anorexics Grow Up

The last time I tasted my birthday cake was the spring I turned 13, a few months before I discovered the elimination game. The game went like this: first, stop eating sweets.

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Lisa Fogarty
2018
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Living in the Limbo of Chronic Illness

Last week was the one-year anniversary of the beginning of my husband’s health crisis. As I gaze at the permanent handicap placard and at him sleeping, once again, on the couch, I’ve been reflecting on what I’ve learned this past year.

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Mary Wilson
2017
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8 Things to Know About Meditation for Health

Meditation is a mind and body practice that has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation, improving psychological balance, coping with illness, and enhancing overall health and well-being.

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NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
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10 Ways Hypnosis Can Help You Lose Weight — for Good

Imagine hypnosis actually helping you lose weight — because the news is: it does. Harvard Medical School psychotherapist Jean Fain gives you ten hypnotic suggestions to try right now.

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Jean Fain
2004
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How to Massage Your Pressure Points

When you have localized pain, what do you do? You reach for it. Often without conscious thought, your hand goes to the area of discomfort and massages it.

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Healthline Editorial Team
2015
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Why Cultivating Failure Might Improve Your Weight

To get healthy, embrace imperfection.

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Yoni Freedhoff
2014
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