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Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders are physiological and/or psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake. The most common ones are Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, and you can use this forum to talk about these and other eating disorders. Share your healing journey, discuss your treatment, and give advice to others.

What can eating disorder cause?

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Hello! My sister has a daughter who is thirteen. She has always been thin and had problems with eating. I remember my sister used to tell stories just to make her eat something. She used to run all over the house with a plate of soup. Her eating was a torture for her and my sister as well and they...

by User avatar gwenette40024

What doctor is specialist for eating disorders?

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Hello! My brother’s daughter has eating disorder. Since his wife died three years ago he lives alone with her. I live in another town with my family and I can’t take care of her as much as I want to. I speak with her often and my hearts was broken when I saw her last time. She was so...

by User avatar madel45784

How to support someone with eating disorder?

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Hello! I have recently found out that my niece has eating disorder. She was at the hospital for some time since she had problem with her kidneys. Her mother told me she is under therapy and that her condition improved. I plan to visit them next week. How to support someone with eating disorder?

by User avatar jessi42072

How to treat eating disorder in children?

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Hello! My neighbor has a teenage daughter. She has eating disorder. She was always thin but she became bone and skin few months ago. I think the family noticed her problems too late. She is at the hospital now and I hear she is recovering. I hope she will overcome her problems. How to treat eating...

by User avatar darda32867

Opinion on eating disorders

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Hello! I have a friend who suffers from eating disorder. I noticed she has some problems with her health and extremely lost her weight in a short period of time. I didn’t know how to help her since she didn’t want to talk about it. Maybe I should have been more persistent. Maybe I could...

by User avatar nanni31061

Who has the greatest risk of developing eating disorder?

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Hello! I have a twelve years old daughter who wants to be a model. She is good looking girl and she does well in school. She is a healthy child, with healthy eating habits but recently she has started to complain of her weight. She thinks she is overweight. I am afraid of developing eating disorder...

by User avatar cory93254693

Social factors and eating disorder?

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Hello! I am Mary and I am sixteen. Today we talked about eating disorders at school. The class was really interesting and we found out many things. This was really useful for all of us. I have a homework to do for tomorrow and it is related to social factor and eating disorders. I don’t really...

by User avatar theresita53354697

How to know if this is eating disorder?

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Hello! I have a twelve years old daughter. She started to pay more attention to her appearance few moths ago. She spends most of her time on front of the mirror. I know she is reaching her teen years and that such behavior is normal but I am concerned about her nutrition. She eats less then usual...

by User avatar barbra34205

Tips for eating disorder

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Hello! I am someone who knows someone who lives with a person with an eating disorder. I would like to help. I know there is no substitute for professional help but I know that there are many things a family can do. Also, I know that persons who suffer form eating disorder can do many practical...

by User avatar anya49275

People who suffer from eating disorder

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Hello! I have recently heard that some girls in my school suffer from eating disorders. I didn’t know much about it but then we had some lessons about it. The information we got then were very useful for all of us. I would like to know how to recognize people who suffer from eating disorders....

by User avatar phillie115653597