eating disorders

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Rachel @rachelennia (211) • Montego Bay, Jamaica 3 Aug 20

Does anyone here suffer or have any family suffering from eating disorders? If so, how do you manage? Do you over eat or under eat when stressed?

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Eating disorders- why do we have them

Hope @1hopefulman (45111) • Canada 10 Nov 19

Do you have an eating disorder? I do! My eating disorder is that I like eating too much. I like eating good-tasting food. Normally, we should only eat when we are hungry. However, we often eat when we are bored, when we are...

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Think I Have an Eating Disorder

IvySaysHi @IvySaysHi (4603) • United States 5 Mar 16

I know just about everyone is familiar with bulimia and anorexia, but there are also eating disorders where people just overeat and can't stop even though they know they should. It is called binge eating disorder and it is when a...

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Unusual eating disorders

Charlene Sally C. @PointlessQuestions (15397) • United States 18 Dec 12

There are some unusual eating disorders that you might not think are disorders. We all know about anorexia and bulimia and pica, but we don't hear much about disorders that cause people to only eat one thing, or to be afraid to...

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Pro-ana websites - your opinion?

drasnian @drasnian (548) 12 Jul 11

First of all, I just want to say I hope no one's offended by this topic, it's just meant as a light-hearted debate. I know this is an old, somewhat sensitive topic, but it's a really interesting debate and I'd love to know what...

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What do you think about pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites?

oscar6 @oscar6 (1938) • United States 13 Jun 11

There are several sites out there that promote anorexia and bulimia. They give tips on how to do it correctly to lose more weight. Do you think these type of sites should stay on the web? why or why not?

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Have you ever known anyone with an eating disorder?

RachelleNH @RachelleNH (1396) • United States 7 Jan 10

I am taking my teenage daughter to the doctor today to get a second opinion on mine. I think she has "binge eating disorder." I think I have that same personality complex...I can't just take or do a little, I go all out. I have to...

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Eating disorders! HELP!

vikkiz @vikkiz (518) 25 Oct 09

Hi all ill start of by saying i DONT have an eating disorder but cant understand how i dont put on weight??? I have been a very skinny person all my life my mother,sister and grandmother are all the same. I am 23, 5 foot 5, and...

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I'm guessing this will topic will suit mostly women...

terrific2designs @terrific2designs (75) • United States 18 May 09

I'm guessing this topic will suit mostly women, as in the majority that may reply would probably be women... but I'm sure there are guys out there that could relate and if any are willing to speak up, I'd like to hear your account...

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The battle of food inside your mind.

Perezfamilyeats @Perezfamilyeats (28) • United States 24 Apr 09

I personally have been suffering from Bulima for aprox 15 years now. I find it so hard to discontinue Mia for long periods of time. I do understand that I do it to not consume the calories that come into my body. I tell myself...

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take care the eating disorders

yuri860708 @yuri860708 (133) • China 10 Nov 08

eating disorders are not due to a failure of will or behaciour;rather ,they are real ,treatable medical illnesses in which certain maladaptive patterns of eating take on a life of their own.the main types of eating disorders are...

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Fat people are lazy?

wallyrae @wallyrae (49) • Canada 21 Oct 08

There seems to be some obvious prejudices out there that just aren't right or at least not politically correct . . . but some people seem to think that they can always poke fun at overweight people (at school, at work, even...

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Is BMI relevant or is it a dated way of finding your correct weight

anonymous101 @anonymous101 (487) 1 Jul 08

I watched a programme last night that got me thinking about something i've never even questioned. I have always struggled with my weight until I was in my early 20's then I found out a way that suited me and helped me lose weight....

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Do You Know The Difference Between All The Eating Disorders?

vulgarlittleprincess @vulgarlittleprincess (919) • Canada 18 Mar 08

Browing around mylot I have discovered that many people do not know the difference between Anorexia and Bulimia. Let alone EDNOS, Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and Compulsive Over Eating Disorder (COED). Anorexia Nervosa is...

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"Thinspiration" - very dangerous practice and websites.

bonbon664 @bonbon664 (3466) • Canada 15 Dec 07

I just saw a program on A&E about "Thinspiration", which is about the culture of young girls and their quests to be really, really thin. There are a lot of websites devoted to telling girls what to eat, or more, what not to eat,...

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What would you do if one of your friends had anorexia?

Kazashmaza @Kazashmaza (431) • Australia 29 Nov 07

What would you do if one of your friends had anorexia? What would you do to support them? Would you force them to eat? Who would you tell? Why?

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Do you feel guilty when you eat too much food?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 4 Nov 07

Growing up, we had three meals everyday. Often a bowl of cereal with milk and toast in the morning; balanced lunch provided at school and then a vegetarian based hearty dinner. Usually we didn't have lots of meats, because we...

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Eating Problem

thevamp @thevamp (27) • Australia 19 Sep 07

My cat has a problem? My cat is a very large - not fat - Fluffy Moggie, he is a russian blue colour, his problem is that he power spews after eating, it's quite yuckky!! to say the least, I have to feed him a teaspoon of meat at...

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Haute Couture and Eating Disorders

WolfSinger @WolfSinger (115) • Canada 23 Jul 07

Eating disorders kill. I think there are a lot of people out there who have an eating disorder, but are afraid to talk about. We're bombarded every time we turn around with super-thin models who are air-brushed to perfection,...

Eating Disorders Will Kill

WolfSinger @WolfSinger (115) • Canada 23 Jul 07

I have an eating disorder. And I am not alone in that. I detest and fight against pro-ana/pro-mia sites, because eating disorders DO KILL the person afflicted, and pro-ana/pro-mia sites only glamorize these deadly disorders. I...

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