Identifying binge eating disorder (BED) in adolescents is a difficult process. Since most diagnostic tools are designed for adults, doctors have to rely on questions that can be irrelevant or confusing to younger patients and provide little useful information for doctors to make a diagnosis. Obesity can be a sign of the eating disorder in…
ReadEveryone has heard of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder – the most common forms of eating disorders. But, eating disorders can actually take many different forms, some of which are less common than others. A young boy from Oklahoma City named Michael is struggling with one particularly unique form of an eating disorder, as…
ReadBeing a parent means having to make difficult choices. One of those choices you might have to make is whether to talk with an overweight child about weight. If you don’t say anything, there’s the chance you may miss the opportunity to correct unhealthy habits before they become a life-long health issue. But, more and…
ReadResearch has shown conclusively that teenage girls aren’t the only ones to experience eating disorders. Eating disorders affect men and women of all ages, and the myth that young women are the only people who might live with an eating disorder prevents many people from seeking treatment for their own disordered eating. While both men…
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