Anorexics, bulimics learn methods online
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Young sufferers of anorexia and bulimia who try to hide their eating problems from their parents and doctors are turning to a growing number of Internet chat rooms dedicated to perpetuating their illness.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa researcher is studying a little-known eating disorder that some doctors may miss: purging disorder.
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NEW YORK  - Family therapy is more effective than traditional solo psychotherapy in helping teens with bulimia to abstain from binging and purging, a new study shows.
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Like many teenage girls, Lee Ann Thill was obsessed with her appearance. A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia &#151; forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn't enough, and she'd recently put on 20 pounds.
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Gaining fame online has become an obsession in the web-saturated world. In Jamie Wilkinson's class it can get you an A
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Second Life's education program offers universities an extension campus unlike any they've ever had. After your BDSM workshop, you can sit in on a composition or sociology lecture. In Sex Drive Daily.
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Incorporating short, weekly sessions on healthy living and social pressures into sports training appears to help young girls fight impulses to diet excessively
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Pro-eating disorder Web sites claiming to help adolescents with eating disorders can do more harm than good, a California university study found.
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Obese women who are considering restricting their calorie intake to shed pounds should not be dissuaded by those who believe dieting may increase their risk of developing a binge-eating disorder, new study findings suggest.
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Children who are overweight and eat too much risk the binge eating disorder bulimia as adults, say psychiatrists.
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Letters: On the need for a code of behavior for the Internet.
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Binge eating is more common than anorexia and bulimia, but is not yet officially classified as a psychiatric disorder.
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The illicit availability of appetite suppressant pills online is fuelling a slimming obsession and putting lives at risk, experts warn.
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A study by researchers at King&#39;s College in London has found overweight children are at risk for becoming bulimic adults. The study examined 154 twin sisters, one of each developed an eating disorder.
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NEW YORK  - A psychologist at the University of Buffalo, New York has found that some people become anxious and expect that they will be rejected by others based on their physical appearance.
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Nutrition, obsession, global business:  an exploration of our second most basic desire.
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Teaching search engines to see Web pages the way people do could improve their performance.