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- Definitions: the less-well-known eating disorders and conditions
- Anorexia athletica (compulsive exercising)
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Muscle dysmorphic disorder (bigorexia)
- Infection-triggered auto immune subtype of anorexia in children
- Orthorexia nervosa
- Night-eating syndrome
- Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder
- Rumination syndrome
- Gourmand syndrome
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Pica
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome
- Chewing and spitting
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- Statistics
- Anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and obesity
- Compulsive exercise
- Subclinical eating disorders
- Mortality and recovery rates
- Miscellaneous facts and stats
- Why determining accurate statistics is difficult
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- Warning signs
- Food behaviors
- Appearance and body image behaviors
- Exercise behaviors
- Thoughts
- Feelings
- Self-injury and self-harm. Cutting, burning, etc.
- Social behaviors
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- Who gets these disorders and why
- Personal characteristics of people at risk
- Vulnerable people and stress
- Description of people with anorexia nervosa
- Description of people with bulimia
- People at elevated risk of developing an eating disorder
- Special risk factors: physical and sexual abuse
- Western culture – an incubator for eating disorders
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- What causes eating disorders
- Biological and genetic influences
- Psychological elements
- Family dynamics
- Social pressures: media and cultural demands
- Triggers
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- Treatment and recovery
- Is recovery possible?
- What is recovery?
- What is the best treatment for an eating disorder?
- Where to find help
- Questions to ask a potential therapist
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- Relapse prevention
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Binge eating disorder
- Healthy weight management
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- Athletes with eating disorders
- Overview
- Statistics
- Males and female athletes: different risk factors
- Wrestlers and quick weight loss: a deadly combination
- Female athletes with anorexia nervosa
- Female athletes with bulimia nervosa
- Males and females and obligatory exercise
- Identifying athletes with eating disorders and the initial intervention
- Treatment of athletes with eating disorders
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- Males with eating disorders
- The EDs that males get
- Statistics for males with eating disorders
- Risk factors for males
- Males and females with eating disorders: differences
- Treatment of males with eating disorders
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- Diabetes and eating disorders
- Statistics
- Special medical problems
- Why this combination is especially dangerous
- Treatment of the diabetic person who also has an eating disorder
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- Obesity: is it an eating disorder?
- What is obesity?
- U.S. statistics
- Causes of obesity
- Health risks of obesity
- Other problems associated with obesity
- A bit of good news for obese people
- What to do about obesity
- Diet pills: over-the-counter and prescription. Do they work? Are there risks?
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- Children and picky eating
- Often a power struggle, not a mental disorder
- But the physiology of some children makes the taste of some foods unpleasant, leading to avoidance
- What parents can do
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- Eating disorders and pregnancy
- Problems with infertility
- Problems during pregnancy
- Dangers to mother
- Dangers to baby
- Problems post partum
- Medical and psychological problems afflicting children of mothers undernourished during pregnancy
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- Frequently asked questions
- What is the history of eating disorders?
- What is the treatment when a person with an eating disorder is also a substance abuser?
- What about eating disorders support groups?
- Can anorexia nervosa contribute to tooth decay?
- How is ideal weight calculated? What are healthy levels of body fat?
- Can binge eating cause a “poochy” stomach?
- What causes feelings of being too full?
- Do I need to fast periodically to detoxify my body?
- Are there degrees of eating disorders?
- I am too skinny. How can I gain weight?
- I have recovered from an eating disorder. How can I help others who are still struggling?
- How can I be certified as an eating disorders specialist?
- I just can’t seem to lose weight unless I stop eating. Is this bad for me?
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