Student drama about a girl who struggles with self image and an eating disorder.

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How did Jennifer go from a happy, healthy 16 year old girl to standing on the verge of death from anorexia and bulemia by age 25? Has her family somehow been enabling her? Tune in Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 as Dr. Phil helps this family overcome the disease that is tearing them apart and threatening the life of their daughter.

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I love this song! this video took me agesss! lol…couldn’t find any pics, tht havent been used like a hundred times!!! lol Song; Do it Well- Jennifer Lopez!…

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“A cinema verité documentary that takes us inside the walls of Renfrew, a clinic in southern Florida that specializes in the treatment of eating disorders. Renowned documentary photographer Lauren Greenfield makes her directorial debut with this film and chronicles the treatment of four women as they struggle to overcome an illness that has consumed their lives. With breathtaking style and remarkable intimacy, Greenfield interweaves both the physical and emotional ramifications of this complicated disease and the stories of the brave wounded women on this arduous journey to recovery.” THIN premieres Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 at 9PM EST on HBO.

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Product DescriptionSay the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubbly, highly strung, and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant, famous for her diary room outbursts. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she had forged a successful career for herself in presenting and writing. Yet Nikki isn’t just another reality television contestant and her life story is not like any other you will ever read. From the age of eight until she was 19, Nikki battled anorexia ner. . . More >>

Dying to be Thin: The True Story of My Lifelong Battle Against Anorexia

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Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. People with anorexia feel overweight, even when they are actually thin. Learn more at: College.Healthguru.com

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Dr. Sacker and Dr. Zimmer explain in full detail the causes and symptoms of these disorders and how and where to find help. Using case histories and first-person accounts by patients, their families, their physicians and friends, Dying To Be Thin is the complete resource for anyone concerned with these dangerous disorders…. More >>

Dying to Be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia–A Practical, Lifesaving Guide

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A 14-year-old looks at her image and says, “I see somebody that is fat and ugly and a disappointment.” She is like a growing number of young American girls afflicted with such eating disorders as anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Tormented by an irrational fear of being fat, an estimated eight million young women are torturing themselves—sometimes to death. It’s no wonder eighty percent of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. Driven by the waif-like images flooding t… More >>

NOVA: Dying to Be Thin

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Lindsay Lohan, who has been looking scary skinny as of late, addressed her weight loss claiming it’s “not intentional” and its just “stress.”

“I eat. I had my Big Mac yesterday from McDonald’s,” the shrinking starlet told Us Weekly on Sunday. “I eat just as much as I always have.”

Lindsay said she thinks she has just been working a lot. She said she also blames stress and lack of sleep when I travel.

Lindsay – who said she doesnt know how much weight she has lost – added that she doesnt think about the pressure to be thin in Hollywood anymore.

But then the 22-year-old starlet added, cryptically, “everyone goes through something, and everyone can relate to something.

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The “whys” behind the disorder of anorexia are many and varied.  However, the result is the same:  the person is obsessed with losing weight and being thin; so much so, in fact, that she will go to any length to achieve the desired end.  However, the cost is high, due to the myriad physical complications associated with this disease.

When a woman has anorexia, her life is defined by dieting. She will try any fad diet that hits the market; unfortunately, not only do these diets rarely work, but they often backfire on the chronic dieter. For example, a woman may go on a quick weight-loss diet and experience the thrill of losing seven pounds in two days.  However, at best she has lost a pound or two of fat and five or six pounds of water, muscle and minerals. When she quits the diet, her body retains the needed water and minerals. Weight lost as muscle is frequently regained as fat. Over time, her body is composed of less muscle and more fat, even if her weight remains unchanged. Since fat tissue requires less energy to maintain itself than does muscle tissue, her basal metabolic rate decreases and caloric needs actually become less. Clearly, this is the exact opposite of what she wanted to achieve in the first place. Now, she must eat even less in order to lose weight. This makes future dieting even more difficult. This “yo-yo” weight loss and gain that results from fad diets is very stressful for the body, which finds it hard to adjust to such rapid changes.

In addition to the physical stress, this dieting cycle is psychologically stressful, and often leads to alternate bingeing and fasting behavior. When the woman goes off her quick weight-loss diet and sees the pounds returning, she becomes depressed. In her mind, she has failed again. To ward off these negative feelings, she may overeat or binge. This is followed by feelings of guilt or remorse for having “lost control” and she again fasts to regain control or to punish herself and to lose weight. The cycle of fasting and bingeing continues, and a pattern of healthy eating and exercise is lost.

Often, women with anorexia turn to laxatives, believing they will help in the weight-loss struggle.  Laxatives provide a false sense of security for the woman because they move food through the body more quickly. She thinks this translates into weight loss; but she is wrong. Laxatives do not prevent the calories from being absorbed. The temporary weight loss that is experienced after using laxatives is mostly due to loss of water, and will be naturally regained. Laxative misuse is harmful in several ways: they upset the body’s mineral balance; they lead to dehydration; they damage the digestive tract lining; and they burn out the colon, which usually results in severe constipation when laxatives are no longer used.

Another medication that is often misused is diuretics, or water pills. Because they increase urine excretion, they can cause a sudden weight loss.  A person who fails to distinguish between loss of body fat and loss of water may see this as a desirable effect and start using diuretics to lose weight.  But because the only loss induced is water, the only gain is dehydration. In addition to causing dehydration, diuretics are also dangerous because they can increase the loss of calcium, potassium, magnesium and zinc from the body. They can also cause a rebound retention of salt and water, making the body more sensitive to diet changes.

Diet pills are often taken to help with weight loss. The best-known prescription pills are Dexedrine and Benzedrine, but over-the-counter drugs are also misused. These reduce appetite, but only temporarily. Typically the appetite returns to normal after a week or two, the lost weight is regained, and the user then has the problem of trying to get off the drug without gaining more weight. These drugs are of little use in achieving and maintaining weight loss and can become dangerously addicting and cause abnormal heart rhythms that can be fatal.

Starvation symptoms include:

• Preoccupation with food
• Indecisiveness
• Sleep disturbance
• Loss of control when food is available
• Depressed immune system
• Water retention
• Binge eating
• Osteoporosis
• Fluid and mineral abnormalities
• Constipation due to low calories and fiber intake
• Slower emptying of food from the stomach, which can cause bloating and early satiety during a meal
• Modified sense of taste, leading to changes in appetite
• High cholesterol levels (This does not signify a cholesterol problem and does not warrant a low-cholesterol diet)
• Amenorrhea, related to overall malnutrition

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