Walk to Help the People With Eating Disorders This Weekend

by Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library

Walk to help the people with eating disorders this weekend
ST. LOUIS, MO (KPLR) – 30 million men and women will in the United States suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder during their lifetime. NEDA Walks help raise awareness and funds in the fight against eating disorders. Started in the spring … Read more on fox2now.com

Study: Eating disorders often missed among overweight people
SEATTLE — A recent study found that nearly half of people who suffer from an eating disorder have a history of being overweight. A Bellevue doctor worries that a stereotypical view of people with these disorders is keeping society from noticing … Read more on KOMO News

Binge-Eating Disorder Linked to Lifelong Impairments: The Dangers of Excess
Both binge-eating disorder and bulimia involved recurrent episodes of excessive food consumption with experienced loss of control. Yet in the past, researchers assumed that bulimia carried a greater functional burden of illness due to the fact that it … Read more on Science World Report

A typical day in the Eating Disorders Unit: Madi O’Dell’s story – Madi O’Dell, describes a typical day during treatment for bulimia in Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Eating Disorders Unit. Madi’s eating disorder developed w…