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Februari 2001

UniSci: Eating Disorders Viewed As Top Mental Health Killers: 26 februari

"Eating disorders kill people," says David Rosen, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Teenage & Young Adult Health program and clinical associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases at the U-M Health System. "I think that in the public's view of mental health conditions, many people think depression kills more people because they commit suicide, or that schizophrenia kills people because people who are psychotic sometimes do very dangerous things.

"The reality is that eating disorders kill more people than all of the other mental health conditions combined."

Ananova: Other women blamed for body shape insecurity: 21 februari

"Young women are wracked by insecurity about their size and body shape - but most admit in a survey that it is their own sex rather than men who are to blame."

Anred: Identifying the athlete with an eating disorder and the initial intervention: 

"Identifying an athlete with anorexia nervosa or bulimia can be difficult, and confrontation is distressing. Like all people with eating disorders, the impaired athlete denies anything is wrong and rationalizes what s/he cannot deny. Read on to learn background information and practical tips on how to proceed."

BBC News: Most young women 'unhappy with bodies': 21 februari

"A survey has found just one per cent of young women are "completely happy" with the shape of their body. One in ten have taken drugs to try and achieve their ideal weight."

PsycPort: Love-Weight Relationships the Delicate Issue of Weight Is Ever-Present in Romance, Whether We Like It Or Not:

"Never does the issue of weight carry so much naked impact, so much emotional freight, so much psychological baggage as when combined with one other word: romance.

Because size DOES matter when it comes to dating, courtship and marriage."

Wellido: Kroppsfixering hos män:

"Är det bara kvinnor som har det jobbigt med självkänslan när reklampelarna ståtar med nakna bringor alá Marcus Schenkenberg? Nej, det blir vanligare och vanligare med kroppsfixering bland killar också."

WebMD: Abs Not Fab? Body Perception a Real Problem for Some Gay Men: 8 februari

"Peer Pressure, Shame Can Flatten Self-Esteem - in Straight Guys, Too."

musclemag.com: Action Toys May Influence Male Body Image: 23 augusti 1999

"The increasing muscularity of 'GI Joe' and other male toy figures reflects a growing cultural fixation with hypermuscular male physiques, according to Boston researchers. They suggest that the emergence of this unrealistic masculine ideal may contribute to body image disorders in young men."

British Medical Journal: The obsessive pursuit of health and happiness: 23 december

"Health and happiness are then held out as a promotional package to which all good citizens are expected to aspire, but the paradox is that it can lead to an addictive disorder that acts like a distorting mirror, affecting every aspect of our lives."

MSNBC: The male beauty boom: 30 januari

"A recently released book called “The Adonis Complex” says that, in increasing numbers, men are feeling pressured to achieve physical perfection in the same way that women have for centuries. Millions of men, the authors say, are lifting weights and dieting compulsively, taking steroids, jamming hair plugs into their bald pates and surgically altering themselves in the name of beauty."

SVD: Begären lurar in dig på en väg utan ände: 7 februari

"Om jag bara vore lika vacker som... Konsumtionssamhället skolar in oss i omättliga begär. Det är farligt. Och man kan inte säga "äsch det där är ju bara en vacker flicka i en annonskampanj". Reklam är inte bara en bild - den ingår i hela vår samhälleliga berättelse om vad ett gott liv är."

Scientific American: Food Addictions in the Brain: 2 februari

"Are the obese addicted to food, much as some are addicted to drugs? The results of a new study suggest the answer may be yes."

BBC News: Gene theory on eating disorders: 14 april 2000

"A particular gene might make someone more vulnerable to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, experts suggest."

WebMD: Extreme Overeating Linked to Faulty Reward Circuits in Brain: 2 februari

"Like compulsive gamblers and drug addicts, overeating may be a way people make up for a faulty reward circuit in the brain."

HealthScout: When Health Food is Unhealthy:

"Steven Bratman, a physician who specializes in alternative medicine, says some people become so obsessed with a healthful diet that it can actually make them sick. He coined the term "orthorexia nervosa" to describe the condition. Unlike anorexia, which means an absence or loss of appetite, the Greek word "ortho" means straight, correct or true."

Yahoo! News: Brains of the Obese May Crave Addiction-Linked Hormone: 2 februari

"A brain chemical linked to drug addiction may also contribute to obesity, researchers have found. They say the discovery could lead to new ways to suppress food cravings in obese individuals."

ABC News: Dopamine Deficiencies Linked to Obesity: 2 februari

"Obese people may binge on food just as alcoholics or addicts abuse drink or drugs because of dopamine, a brain chemical that produces feelings of satisfaction and pleasure, scientists in the United States said today."

Dagens Medicin: Receptorer för dopamin fungerade sämre hos feta: 2 februari

"En grupp amerikanska forskare har funnit att överviktiga har en minskad tillgång till de dopaminreceptorer som bland annat reglerar hjärnans motivations- och belöningssystem vid exempelvis födointag."

Januari 2001

Healthcentral: Men plagued by body image worries, too: 31 juli 2000

"While young women might develop eating disorders to lose weight to fit some kind of misguided ideal, young men can develop the opposite problem. Weightlifters, who are convinced the ideal body is musclebound, can become obsessed with bulking up - to the point where it disrupts their lives."

ISSA: Desire to feel better overwhelms self-control: 22 januari

"Anyone who's ever eaten a tub of ice cream or a whole bag of chips after breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend probably will not be surprised by a new study."

Nutricise: Battling Binge Eating: 29 januari

"When the subject of eating disorders is raised, most people think of anorexia and bulimia, which are rampant in America, but did you know that binge eating is an even more widespread problem?"

Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention: Men and Eating Disorders: The Latest Facts:

"Gymnasts, runners, body builders, rowers, wrestlers, jockeys, dancers, and swimmers are particularly vulnerable to eating disorders because their sports necessitate weight restriction (Andersen, Bartlett, Morgan, & Brownell, 1995). It is important to note, however, that weight loss in an attempt to improve athletic success differs from an eating disorder when the central psychopathology is absent."

EurekAlert: Some Americans, fed up with conflicting diet and nutrition messages, respond with less healthful eating habits: 1 januari

"As incremental advances in scientific knowledge cause shifts and reversals in diet and health messages, what are confused, frustrated consumers to do?

Some appear to be responding by tuning out the conflicting advice and eating less healthful diets, according to a study by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash."

HealthCentral: Parents shape body image, self-esteem of children: 8 januari

"These days, it is not unusual for girls as young as age 10 to try to emulate the look of glamorous fashion models and wispy television stars - a trend that may be linked to eating disorders among young children.

But according to two studies in the January issue of Pediatrics, the media is not the only influence on the eating habits of today's youth. Parents may play a more significant role than both the media and peers in the way young children view themselves and their bodies, researchers report."

Nando Times: Anorexic student sues Connecticut college: 3 januari

"A 20-year-old anorexic student sued her college Wednesday, seeking readmission after school officials turned her away because of her condition."

Netrition: Dietary Stress May Compromise Bones: 26 januari

"People who mentally wrestle about what and how much to eat produce elevated amounts of the hormone cortisol, a biomarker of stress, a new study finds."

abcnews.com: Conference: Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders Linked: 24 januari

There are more than 5 million Americans — mostly women — who suffer from eating disorders, such as bulimia, which is characterized by compulsive bingeing and purging. Of those, experts estimate about half also have a substance abuse problem. Although the link between the two is still unclear, some scientists believe there is a connection and that ignoring it makes it impossible for sufferers to recover.

Newswise: Men with Conflicts About Weight, Food, Appearance: 20 juni 2000

"Making Weight: Men's Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape and Appearance" aims to help men understand that fat is no longer only a feminist issue. The book's co-writers are a leading expert on male eating disorders, an author of many eating disorder books, and a psychiatrist who is recovered from both compulsive exercise and an eating disorder.

Newswise: First Controlled Study of Muscle Dysmorphia: 22 juli 2000

"The first controlled study of muscle dysmorphia found that weightlifters with the disorder differed strikingly from normal weightlifters on many measures, including body dissatisfaction, eating attitudes, prevalence of anabolic steroid use, and lifetime prevalence of mood, anxiety and eating disorders (American Journal of Psychiatry, 8-00)."

The New England Journal of Medicine: Book Review: Adonis Complex: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession: 11 januari

"This interesting and provocative book describes a form of obsession in which otherwise healthy men become absorbed by compulsive exercising, eating disorders, body-image distortion, and ultimately, abuse of anabolic steroids.

In a manner analogous to the course of anorexia nervosa, the social norm of male "fitness" turns, in these sad men, into an insatiable obsession with growing "bigger" and more muscular. When exercise and dieting rituals, no matter how fanatical, fail, recourse to drugs, mostly anabolic steroids, appears to be an easy transition."

Penn State University: Food Restriction Linked To Lower Self Esteem Among Overweight 5-yr-old Girls: 8 januari

"A Penn State study has found that parents’ degree of concern about their daughter’s weight and their adoption of restrictions on certain foods were associated with lower self esteem among overweight girls as young as 5 years of age."

Aftonbladet: Drömmen om ett sexpack: 14 januari

"Den senaste tidens träningshysteri bland tjejer har nu även drabbat killarna. Nya rön visar att träning kan leda till missbruk. I en nyutgiven bok beskrivs den manliga kroppsfixeringen – adoniskomplexet."

Politiken.dk: Skolemad forebygger spiseforstyrrelser: 11 januari

"Stadig flere børn i skolealderen er enten meget tynde eller har et problem med overvægt. Gruppen af børn og unge, der har et normalt forhold til måltider og fysisk aktivitet, bliver stadig mindre. Det kom frem på en konference i går, arrangeret af Sundhedsstyrelsen om emnet forebyggelse af spiseforstyrrelser."

csindy.com: Thou Shalt Not Overeat: 4 januari

"Resolve to quit overeating in 2001? Diet books are filled with theories on why we overindulge, and how we can cure the urge to overeat."

MetaMuscle: Is Gym Staff Obligated to Help The Overtrained?: 9 januari

What's your opinion? Visit the above link to discuss this issue.

Kalin Harvey writes: "We all know (clears throat) other people who have trained way too much, spending hours a day at the gym, every day of the week. Does the staff have a right to approach them? Is it a violation of their right to privacy if they feel they are just paying for access to the equipment?"

National Post Online: Maybe we should talk: 9 januari

"What do you do if you're a health club professional and you see someone who is working out a little too much? Is it any of your business?" (Via MetaMuscle)

Yahoo! News: Blame Dad for Kids' Constant Dieting: 6 januari

"It's dads, not mothers or the media, who seem to cause young kids to diet."