With more students dabbling in unhealthy weight-loss methods, such as “drunkorexia,” some experts wonder whether schools could do more to intervene.
Chevese Turner was 5 or 6 years old when she had her first episode of binge eating.
The longer eating disorders are left untreated, the more likely they are to cause serious medical and psychiatric damage.
If you type the words “eating disorders on the rise in children” into any search engine you’ll be bombarded with hits. Sadly, experts are alarmed but not surprised.
Walden Behavioral Care, LLC of Waltham, one of the country’s leading hospitals for treating eating disorders, announced today that it is opening an office at 150 Grossman Drive to provide intensive outpatient (IOP) and partial hospitalization (PHP) programs.
It’s high noon and where is your mind? With your stomach, of course. If you’re like many Chicagoans sitting at their desks, what you’ll have for lunch may be more likely to dominate your thoughts than a looming deadline.