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Crisis Grows
in Schools
Sound school prevention programs recognize that overweight, eating disorders, widespread female undernutrition, nutrient deficiencies, dangerous weight loss efforts and size harassment are not separate issues. All are interrelated.<MORE>
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| HEALTHY LIVING |
Normal Eating
Get in the habit of eating normally, without dieting. This means usually eating at regular times, typically three meals and one or two snacks to satisfy hunger, with eating regulated by internal signals of hunger, satiety and appetite. <MORE> PDF
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Children and Teens Afraid to Eat: Helping Youth in Today's Weight-Obsessed World
Challenges America's obsession with thinness and documents its tragic effect on kids. Gives clear guidelines you can use now to help children at home, in school and the wider culture.
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| HEALTHY LIVING TIP : STOP DIETING |
Top 10 Reasons Not to Diet
by FRANCIE M. BERG
1. Diets don’t work – dieters don’t lose weight in a lasting way. Dieting causes short-term weight loss, continuing no more than six months, followed by weight regain. Often more weight is gained than was lost. (Studies show dieters are more likely to become overweight than people who eat normally.)
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| CONTROVERSY |
5 Health Care Myths
Unfortunately, much current health care for obesity is based on misinformation, myth and size bias, not on accurate scientific information. Consider these myths and controversies:
Myth #1. Obesity causes severe health risks. Fact: We don’t know, but it seems doubtful. Obesity has been associated with, and assumed to cause, higher risk for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. More recent CDC research questions even the association. The evidence suggests these disease risks, as well as obesity, are likely caused by other factors, including genetics and inactivity. Increased physical activity dramatically reduces risk factors without weight loss.
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| EATING DISORDERS |
Eating Disorder Crisis
Eating disorders are rampant in our society, yet few states in the nation have adequate programs or services to combat anorexia nervosa, bulimia and compulsive eating. Only a small number of schools and colleges have programs to educate our youth about the dangers of eating disorders. Every state and thousands of schools have extensive programs aimed to prevent alcoholism and drug abuse. The immense suffering surrounding eating disorders, the high cost of treatment, and the longevity of those illnesses ....
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Health at Every Size
The new healthy living or health at any size approach that embraces self-acceptance, respect and diet-free eating comes as a refreshing change. A health-centered, compassionate approach that leaves restrictive thinking behind... <MORE> PDF
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NEWS BRIEFS |
Suicide Rate Lower for Obese Men
Men who are overweight or obese are less likely to commit suicide than other men, says a recent analysis using the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. This supports . . . <MORE>
Bariatric Surgery can lead to Brain Disorder
Weight loss surgery can lead to a neurological disorder called Wernicke encephalopathy that affects the brain and nervous system causing memory loss and confusion, inability to coordinate movement, vision impairment and other problems. The syndrome is linked to a deficiency of ...
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Older Women Seek Help for Eating Disorders
The federal government does not provide eating disorder statistics, but  experts say in recent years more women have been seeking help for eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia in their 30s, 40s 50s and older. For example, in....
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STATISTICS
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Obesity
(BMI 30 or more; CDC 2004)
l 32.9% of adults age 20-74
Overweight
(BMI 25 - 29.5; CDC 2004)
l 34% of adults 20-74
CHILDREN
Overweight
(95 th percentile; CDC 2006)
l 13.9% age 2–5
l 18.8% age 6–11
l 17.4% age 12–19
Eating Disorders
(No federal statistics are kept; estimates from NEDA, ANAD and others)
l 10% of high school and college age youth, about 90% of them female
l 10 million people have ED (compared to 4.5 million for Alzheimers. But federal funding is only $12 million for ED vs $647 million for Alzheimers)
Anorexia nervosa
l 1% of high school girls
l Highest fatality rate of any mental illness
Bulimia nervosa
l 1-3% of high school girls
l Tripled in females age 10-39 from 1988 to 1993
Age at onset
l 10% by age 10 or younger
l 86% by age of 20
Duration/Mortality
l 31% duration of 6 to 10 years
l 16% from 11 to 15 years
l 50% recovered
l 6-20% of serious cases die
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