Up to 10 million teens develop eating disorders, abnormal attitudes and behaviors with foods, which include anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Join Dr. Sara Buckelew, the Director of the Eating Disorders Program at UCSF, to learn more. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public” [1/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13728] Read more »
Paula Abdul, Bulimia, Yoga and Nutrition
Eating disorders are a serious mental illness affecting 1.1 million people in the UK. One of the main eating disorders is Bulimia Nervosa, popularly known as Bulimia. Bulimia was recognised by doctors as an eating disorder in 1979. As food and eating play a very important part in our lives we experiment with different eating [...] Read more »
Anorexia
Anorexia is an extremely dangerous and destructive disease. And unfortunately, it is on the rise in women, adolescents and children. As shocking as it may seem, anorexia is now being diagnosed in children as young as six years old. That’s right – little girls who are years away from puberty are starving themselves nearly to [...] Read more »
Anorexia Symptoms
Anorexia is very hard to understand. It is not a diet, it’s a disease. Anorexia is a psychiatric disorder; its defining behavior is self starvation. Those with this disorder starve themselves to a state of severe emaciation, or even death. More people die from anorexia each year than any other mental disorder. Anorexia is addictive, [...] Read more »
