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Starving the Soul

This hub discusses the correlation between abusive relationships between a woman and a man and the abusive relationship between a woman and her eating disorder. It includes quotes from an eating disorder psychotherapist and a young woman recoverying from anorexia nervosa.

1 comment    mental illness body image eating disorder
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Eating Everything but Food is called Pica.

A Magpie or Pica (public domain).PICA comes from the Latin word that means magpie, whch is a bird that is known for a big appetite to eat anything and everything. Here's what kids sometimes eat of they...

46 comments    health diet eating
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Songs About Eating Disorders

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

137 comments    entertainment music video
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Movies And Documentaries About Eating Disorders

Summaries and credits for movies and documentaries about eating disorders, and where to find at the lowest price.

5 comments    health entertainment movies
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Pro-Anorexia: The New Online Predator

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?

40 comments    health internet food
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Pica -- The Eating Disorder That Causes Strange Cravings

What is pica? Pica is an eating disorder that causes strange cravings. Learn about pica, the causes of pica, living with pica, and more.

37 comments    health eating disorders pica
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Pro- Ana, Pro- Mia, Thinspiration , Scary!

“This is forever. I will do whatever it takes. I want to be thin more than anything, even food” “One day I will be thin enough. Just the bones, no disfiguring flesh. Just the pure clear shape of me,...

39 comments    health food weight loss
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The Signs And Symptoms of Eating Disorders

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.

7 comments    health food diet
Are your Teens at Risk?84

Teens at Risk

Are your Teens at Risk? Ah... the teenage years. Time to expand your wings a bit and test the boundaries with your parents. Unfortunately, many teens take the "experimental" years too far, resulting in...

10 comments    parenting drugs alcohol
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Does advertising affect eating disorders

Do you know that a child is exposed to more than 40,000 ads in a given year, well this is the impact that media and advertising have in our kids, teenagers and adults. There has been some discussion of the...

11 comments    health self help mental illness
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