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Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is a serious, often chronic, and life-threatening eating disorder defined by a refusal to maintain minimal body weight within 15 percent of an individual's normal weight. Other essent...
Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is a disorder which completely disrupts sufferers' healthy eating patterns. A person with bulimia nervosa becomes increasingly unable to relate normally to food and instead develops a ...
Dealing With Binge Eating
Binge eating is a medically recognised eating disorder, but one that can be overcome. Binge eaters usually sufferer mentally as well as physically, so it's important to get help as soon as possible....
Diabetes and Metabolic Health
A lot of people are under the misconception that a diabetic diet consists of only diabetic food. However, this is not actually the case, though there are some recommendations to help maintain a health...
Is Dieting Safe For Kids?
Children need a diet rich in nutrients because they are growing and have high energy requirements. However, just like adults, if they consume more calories than they expend they quickly become over we...
Losing Weight After Pregnancy
It is both normal and healthy to gain weight during pregnancy. This ensures that both you and your baby are adequately nourished. Weight loss after pregnancy may sometimes be slow and some new mothers...
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) was first discovered in 1956 when endocrinologists Prader, Labhart, and Willi published their findings which described an unusual pattern of childhood abnormalities....
Taking Slimming Pill's During Pregnancy
Most women fear putting on a few pounds every now and then, but some worry so much about gaining weight when pregnant they risk both theirs and their baby's life by taking slimming pills; this practic...
The Dangers of Crash Dieting
A crash diet is an eating plan that forbids most food items, allowing only those with little or no calorific content and can be dangerous to health especially if used often or long term....
The Dangers of Laxatives
Laxatives play a very important in medicine and can be very beneficial to health if used correctly and when needed. If however, their use is abused such as for a slimming aid, they can be very dangero...
Weight Maintenance During Pregnancy
Obviously you cannot maintain your regular weight during pregnancy. It is inevitable that you will begin to gain weight gradually as the baby grows. This is important because low weight during pregnan...
What is Obesity?
About 46% of men in England and 32% of women are overweight, and an additional 17% of men and 21% of women are obese. Overweight and obesity increase with age....