Archive for the ‘Weight Loss’ Category

MINDFUL EATING: THE KEY TO OVERCOMING BINGE-EATING DISORDER – COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

Don’t be discouraged by the fact that there are many causes of binge eating. Even though most human behavior is complex, we can still understand and change it. The treatment program I will outline for you is a seven-step plan that attacks binge eating on many fronts. Treatment will focus on your compulsive overeating as [...]

EATING DISORDERS: ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA

Anorexia Nervosa affects one in a hundred adolescent Australian high school girls. For every ten young women affected, the condition will touch one male of the same age. Equally as many young women come to be affected by Anorexia’s sister complaint called Bulimia Nervosa. Together these two potentially fatal conditions are known to the world [...]

ASSESSING OTHER DIET PLANS

The modem focus of eating plans for sustainable fat loss is a decrease in total dietary fat and an increase in the proportion of complex carbohydrates, followed in importance by a decrease in total energy intake. When assessing diet plans, these basic criteria need to be kept in mind. It is also important for health [...]

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MEDICAL THERAPY FOR EATING DISORDERS: THE ROLE OF THE THERAPIST IN

Much of any therapy’s success depends on the skills and sensitivities of those who administer it. The job description for an eating disorder therapist calls for someone who will take an active role in the process, rather than one who adopts the neutral, interpretive stance of classic psychoanalysis. Since sometimes just learning the truth sets [...]

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WIN THE FAT WAR: TOWN WATCHED AS SHE LOST POUNDS

When Debbie Owen decided to lose weight, she invited the readers of the newspaper in her hometown—all 500,000 of them—to cheer her on. Even with her supporters, Debbie understood that there was only one way she would slim down successfully: She had to do it for herself. And she did, losing 91 pounds in 18 [...]

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