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Pro-Anorexia: The New Online Predator

by Maddie Ruud

Thousands of young women log on every day to glean tips and tricks from their fellow disordered, post "progress" pictures and update their weight stats. Do you know what they're looking at? published 14 months ago

19 comments    health food internet

Alanis Morissette93

Celebrities with Eating Disorders - List and Pics

by Maddie Ruud

Brief bios and pics of eating disordered celebrities. published 13 months ago

34 comments    entertainment pictures photos

What do you see when you look in the mirror?83

How Bad Is Your Body Image?

by Maddie Ruud

How bad is your body image? Read on to find out. published 14 months ago

0 comments    health food mental health

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The Signs And Symptoms of Eating Disorders

by Maddie Ruud

As many as ten million women and one million men are fighting a life-and-death battle with anorexia or bulimia every day. One out of every four anorexics will die of complications from her disease. Yet, the amount of misinformation about eating disorders continues to grow with their prevalence. Eating disorders can be prevented and treated. The signs and symptoms are easy to recognize; it's just a matter of knowing where to look. published 14 months ago

2 comments    health food diet

Food phobias can relate to texture, temperature, digestion, or infection, as well as particular items.83

Comprehensive List of Food Phobias

by Maddie Ruud

While particularly common among people diagnosed with eating disorders, food phobias can also be found in otherwise mentally healthy people. published 13 months ago

12 comments    health food diet

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Songs About Eating Disorders

by Maddie Ruud

Songs about eating disorders from Filter, Silverchair, Alanis Morissette, Saves the Day, and Manic Street Preachers. published 13 months ago

42 comments    entertainment music video

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Top Ten Worst Things to Say to Someone With an Eating Disorder

by Maddie Ruud

As someone with insight, I've compiled a list of the top ten worst things to say to someone with an eating disorder, both from my own experience, and horror stories from other eating-disordered women. Some of the worst offenders to an anorexic might sound benign to you at first read, but once you understand how your loved one hears things, you'll find your relationship vastly improved. I hate to say it, but this is one case where it's not the thought that counts. published 14 months ago

14 comments    health food eating

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A Practical Guide to Improving Your Body Image

by Maddie Ruud

The key to feeling better about yourself is not to change your body, as the diet industry would have you believe, but rather to change the way you feel about your body. published 13 months ago

2 comments    health advice how to

Reading these books can help you understand eating disorders.74

Books About Eating Disorders

by Maddie Ruud

There are many books on eating disorders: dozens of true-life narratives, hundreds of workbooks, thousands of essays. These are my favorites, those that provided the most insight for me, and provide a cross-section of the types of literature available on the subject today. published 6 weeks ago

11 comments    health family education

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Eating Disorder Treatment & Recovery

by Maddie Ruud

Because the causes of eating disorders are so various and so intertwined, successful treatment is always multi-disciplinary... published 10 months ago

3 comments    health women nutrition

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