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An eating disorder is something that is much more serious than many people realize. While people understand that not eating normally may not be good, they fail to understand how serious the situation is. If someone is struggling with an eating disorder, they are going through a rough time, and may not be able to handle the situation on their own.

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Whether you own up to having one or are in complete denial, eating disorders can take you to the brink of destruction and drop you over the edge if left untreated. Eating disorders have claimed the lives of some of the most beautiful and talented people we’ve known.

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The average length of time that person struggles with an eating disorder is about 7 years; a period that many top professionals in the field consider too long, and unacceptable. Many therapist who specialized in eating disorder treatment have been using the same approach and techniques for decades with less than impressive results. Professionals without specialized training often end up with patients who show little progress or, worse yet, complicate the situation even more. A major source of the less-than-stellar treatment success is the fact that treatment professionals often are not up-to-date on recent developments in their field. For many, the time it takes to run their practice can leave little time to pour through scientific journals and remain current in their field.

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Dr. Jeffrey DeSarbo, a Board Certified psychiatrist on Long Island, N.Y., has created a new website for people with eating disorders, their friends and family and treatment providers who seek the latest research news and information about conditions such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and body dysmorphic disorder. The website, called The Eating Disorder News Network (EDNN), is a unique and major undertaking as it uses video as the primary mode of information distribution.

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Take a quick look around and you’ll observe the costly obesity crisis that is slowly overtaking our nation. How bad has it become you may say? Consider the idea that we are now seeing individuals parking in handicap parking spots to avoid having to park just a few extra feet away from a building.

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There are a large number of people today who suffer from the eating disorder known as Bulimia Nervosa. Even though many studies have been undertaken they have not yet been able to define what causes bulimia. In fact what has been found is that there are a number of different factors which result in people suffering from this type of eating disorder. In this article we look at some of those things which are considered the major contributing causes for bulimia in people nowadays.

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Only the last few years have medical professionals actually begun to recognize that binge eating is another eating disorder. Yes we are all pretty familiar with anorexia and bulumia because of the noteriety they have gained because famous people are always admitting they suffered from them. But where as with bulimia once the food has been eaten the person will then try different ways of purging it from their body as soon as possible. However with binge eating rather than not eating enough or trying to expel it from their body a person will eat loads and so it is a completely different kind of eating disorder altogether.

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Everywhere you look, you’ll see the signs of an obesity epidemic in the United States. Adults struggling with their weight, levering themselves into and out of cars. Many so morbidly obese that they’ll circle a parking lot four or five times before parking rather than be forced to walk an extra hundred feet.

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In the last few years the medical community has finally begun to recognize that just like bulimia and anorexia, bingeing is also an eating disorder. Yet we are all aware of what a person does when they are bulimic or anorexic, but very few actually under the implications relating to eating disorders like binge eating. Where as with the other two a person will either not eat sufficient amounts of food, or will eat food and then try to purge it from their body as soon as possible. With binge eating these problems are simply not there and so it is a completely different kind of eating disorder compared to the others.

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Whether you live on the west coast or the east coast, the silent killer called obesity is aggressively moving through our communities. More than likely, if you are not directly affected, the chances are that you have friends or family members who are loosing control of their weight.

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