Posts Tagged Bulimia Nervosa
Adult Onset Eating Disorders on the Rise
Posted by Samantha Gluck in Balanced Living, Healthcare News, Mental Health, Women's Health Topics on April 9, 2012
Excerpt from my feature story on adult onset eating disorders in Balanced Living Magazine: Each year, pediatricians see increasing numbers of very young children, who have fallen prey to eating disorders (EDs), in their clinics and hospitals. But the specter of anorexia, bulimia, and other eating-related disorders can manifest in people of any age. Increasingly, women in […]
Adult Onset Eating Disorders on the Rise
Posted by Samantha Gluck in Mental Health on March 29, 2011
Each year, pediatricians see increasing numbers of very young children, who have fallen prey to eating disorders (EDs), in their clinics and hospitals. But the specter of anorexia, bulimia, and other eating-related disorders can manifest in people of any age. Increasingly, women in their thirties and forties fall prey to these devastating psychological disorders. Starving […]
Children with Eating Disorders on the Rise
Posted by Samantha Gluck in Mental Health, Pediatric Health on January 27, 2011
According to a report released in 2011 by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the number of children, under the age of 12, who were hospitalized for eating disorders rose 119 percent between the years of 1999 and 2006. This trend suggests that modern kids have a severely distorted view of the ideal body image. Children […]
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