People and Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders affects groups of people in different ways. There are also common elements in the way some of these groups perceive and deal with anorexia, bulimia and binge eating or any mental illness for that matter. Here's an in-depth look at the way eating disorders affects children, women, men and minorities.

Children

• Know When to Seek Help for Your Child
• Comprehensive Overview of Children and Eating Disorders
• Recognizing Eating Disorders in Children
• Eating Disorders in Adolescents: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment
• Identifying and Treating Eating Disorders (from the American Academy of Pediatrics)
• How Can I Get My Child Started in Treatment
• Where to Find Help for Your Eating Disordered Child?
• Eating Disorders in Children Over the Age of 5 and Adolescents
• How Parents Can Prevent Eating Disorders in Their Children
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Children
• How Many Children Have Eating Disorders?
• Eating Disorders Rise Among All Children
• Eating Disorders Common in Young Girls

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Teenagers

• Teenagers with Eating Disorders
• Teen Eating Disorders, Psychological Problems Often Hand-in-Hand
• Eating Disorders in Adolescents: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment
• Helping Your Teen with Weight Management
• Eating Disorders Prey on Girls
• Vegetarian or Anorexic?
• Impact of Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity on the Gynecologic Health of Adolescents

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Obesity in Children

• How to Figure Out If Your Child is Overweight
• Obesity in Children - Overview
• Obesity in Children and Teens: Causes, Risks, Management and Treatment
• Overweight Children: Does Dieting Work?

Nutrition - Children

• What Foods Do Children Need and What Foods Should Be Avoided?
• Nutrients Your Child Needs
• The Food Guide Pyramid
• Tips for Kids on Eating Well and Feeling Good about Yourself
• Nutrition Education And Therapy
• The Five Greatest Motivators For Preschool Children to Eat Healthy Foods
• Figuring Out Food Labels
• Deciphering Food Labels
• Figuring Out Fat and Calories
• Teen Vegetarians Can Meet Nutrition Needs

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Pro-Anorexia Websites

• Pro-Anorexia Websites
• Becoming the 'Best Anorexic' Ever
• Pro-Anorexic Web Sites Inspire Dangerous Behaviors in Young People

For Parents

• For Parents: Eating Disorders Are A Serious Mental Health Issue
• What Parents Need to Know About Eating Disorders
• Helping Parents Deal with Eating Disorders
• Types, Causes, Symptoms of Eating Disorders in Children and What a Parent Can Do
• The Warning Signs of Future Eating Disorders in Your Children
• Eating Disorders Prevention: Help for Parents - A Family Guide to Eating Disorders
• Identification and Treatment of Eating Disorders: Help for Parents
• How You Can Help Your Child Overpower an Eating Disorder
• When Your Child is Anorexic
• How Do Mothers Contribute to Their Daughter's Eating Disorders and Weight Concerns?
• Could You Be Fostering an Eating Disordered Child?
• 10 Tips for Dads of Daughters
• What Parents Can Do To Promote Self-Esteem in Girls
• Talking to Your Teen About Eating Disorders: Mother and Daughter
• Parent-to-Parent Tips on Coping With Your Eating Disordered Child
• Peer Pressure and Eating: Helping Your Child Eat Right
• Your Child's Weight
• Ten Things Parents Can Do to Prevent Eating Disorders
• Eating Disorders Prevention: Parents Are the Key Players
• Tips for Parents: Recognition and Prevention of Eating Disorders in Your Child

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Women and Eating Disorders

• Adult Women and the Development of Eating Disorders
• Women, Food and Eating Disorders
• The Cultural Idea of Thinness
• Eating Disorders in College Women
• Anorexia: I'm Not a Child and I'm So Afraid
• Why Women Have Poor Body Image When Men Are Around?
• Why Do Women Feel OK About Their Bodies Until Other Women Show Up?
• Analyzing Female Bulimics
• How Bulimia Affects Fertility
• Eating Disorders May Jeopardize Pregnancy Outcomes
• Eating Disorders Up Risk in Newborns
• Many Great Women Have Been Plagued by Depression and Body Image Disorders

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Men and Eating Disorders

• Eating Disorder in Males
• Diagnostic Criteria for Muscle Dysmorphia, Anorexia in Men, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Overview of Eating Disorders in Men and How Loved Ones Can Help
• How Men Deal with Eating Disorders
• Eating Disordered Men: Their History and How They Differ From Their Female Counterparts
• Male Psychiatrist Shares Own Battle with Anorexia
• Men Have Body Image Problems Too
• What is Muscle Dysmorphia?
• Adonis Complex: A Body Image Problem Facing Men and Boys
• The Heartbreak of Muscle Dysmorphia
• U.S. Men Have More Distorted Body Image Than Asians

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Minorities and Eating Disorders

• Culture and Eating Disorders
• Do Body and Food Issues Differ by Culture?
• Cultural Aspects of Eating Disorders
• Minority Women: The Untold Story
• Differences Between Whites and Blacks in Regards to Eating Disorders
• A True Picture of Eating Disorders Among African American Women
• The Diagnosis of Eating Disorders in Women of Color
• Judaism and Eating Disorders
• Being Jewish in a Barbie World
• From Thinness to Godliness
• Eating Disorders on Rise in Asia

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