Helping You Break Free of Eating Disorders
No one single medication will cure everyone with binge eating, but there is a growing awareness around the potential for drug therapies to help. Binge eating is defined as eating a very large …
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When you hear the term eating disorder, there’s a good chance you’re either thinking of bulimia nervosa or binge-eating disorder. There’s probably a good reason for this; both are the most common …
Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder are the terms that come to mind when we think about eating disorders. While these three diagnostic categories encompass a lot of the …
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Finding it difficult to control your eating? Struggling to understand your unhealthy relationship with food? Seeking out effective and easy strategies to stop your binge eating behaviour? The fact …
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Enhanced cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT-E) is a specialized, manual-based, transdiagnostic treatment designed to target the mechanisms that maintain all of the eating disorders [ref]Fairburn, C. …
Most of us step on the scales or look in the mirror from time to time. Sometimes, this can be a helpful way to see whether our body has changed over a longer period of time. However, …
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Looking for help for binge-eating disorder can be daunting. You mightn’t know where to look, what type of help to get, and what’s involved. Seeking professional help, although highly …
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Emotions and eating go hand in hand. Emotions cause us to eat. Eating causes emotions too. If you’re someone who “eats your feelings” or can’t stop stress eating, this article …
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When we talk about eating disorders, it’s more than likely that you’re talking about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder. These are the three main eating disorders (EDs) …
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When you hear the words “feeding and eating disorders”, it’s highly likely that you automatically think about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder. Another feeding and …
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'HAES', I’m sure you’ve heard of it. But what exactly is Health At Every Size? There’s ever-growing concern among health professionals and the general public alike about the rising prevalence of …
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Ever feel constantly hungry at night? Worried about all the midnight snacking you’re doing? Can’t stop eating late at night? You’re not alone. These behaviors resemble what we call …
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Body image is a broad, multifaceted concept that we hear about almost daily. It essentially concerns how we think, feel, perceive, and behave towards our body and its parts [ref]Grogan, S. …
It’s more than likely that when you think about eating disorders, and bulimia nervosa in particular, you automatically picture a young girl. Although many more women are affected by eating …
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If you – or a loved one – are dealing with an eating disorder, then I’m sure you’re aware of its devastating effects. Eating disorders run a chronic course, and they are notoriously …
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Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is becoming more and more popular for treating a range of mental health problems. Originally, DBT was developed as an outpatient treatment for women with …
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If you’re reading this, chances are that you might be searching for some appropriate treatment options for yourself or for a significant other that is struggling with an eating disorder. My goal …
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If you’ve ever sought help for a mental or behavioral problem, it’s more than likely that you’ve received some form of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is undoubtedly the most popular …
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Research on eating behaviour has traditionally been focused on describing, explaining, and predicting disordered eating, with little emphasis on identifying and promoting more positive eating …
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There are a lot of different opinions and viewpoints around the concept of food addiction, some well-informed, others not so much. Nevertheless, food addiction is a highly controversial topic that …
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