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Society dictates the ideal of beauty which often pushes women, and even men, to fall into the dangerous trap known as eating disorders. A culture of muscularity has spurred eating problems among men who face a lingering stigma about suffering a “woman’s disorder“.

Anorexia nervosa has been investigated within the female population. It is primarily because of the apparent prevalence of eating disorders in women. However, on a closer inspection, gender distributions of eating disorders show about 10 percent of people with anorexia are men.

Evidence suggests that the gender bias of clinicians diagnose bulimia or anorexia in men as less likely despite identical behavior. Men are more likely to be diagnosed as suffering depression with associated appetite changes than getting a primary diagnosis an eating disorder.

Job requirement

Demands of some occupations calls for a low body weights that can result to anorexia or bulimia. Among these occupations are hose racing, modeling, dancing, distance running, and driving.

Cultural and social issues related to anorexia

The hidden root problem of eating disorders in men is cultural. Women, by nature, tend to openly discuss emotions and psychological problems more than men. Anorexia is generally perceived to be a woman’s problem. The common features in women’s magazines include discussion of weight issues, weight control, linking thinness with beauty. Young women can therefore adopt the same behavior without being seen as too socially unacceptable.

Lack of visibility of anorexia in male

There is little recognition of anorexia in the male population. It shows implications that men do not discuss eating disorders. Men tend to withhold information with other men especially if the subject is female issue. The definition of men has to do with body mass, muscle bulge and definition, and not weight loss. The male world is socially defined as powerful and masculine results in men reluctant to admit their eating disorders and not seek help.

An extensive US study of adolescents reported in 1995 show significant number of young males who experience problem weight control behavior.

• 2% to 3% of males diet all the time or more than ten times a year

• 5% to 14% of males intentionally vomit after eating

• 12% to 21% had a history of binge eating

The reluctance of men who suffers from anorexia can develop into dire health consequences and possible death. If you are experiencing problems with weight control you are not alone. Get help by contacting your family doctor, a psychologist, mental health center or a doctor specializing in eating disorders.

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Anorexia nervosa most often develops during adolescence. A young person may not realize that he or she is starving not until anorexia becomes fatal. Anorexia is a very serious psychological illness that causes severe and debilitating emotional and physical problems. Our understanding of anorexia nervosa as an eating disorder is limited especially on how to treat adolescents suffering from this eating disorder.

It is unclear on what the exact causes of anorexia nervosa are. Poor self body image often results to severe dieting and drastic weight loss associated with the struggles to cope with the escalating psychological and social demands of adolescence. The absorption with food and weight becomes a way to avoid or be distracted form these seemingly impossible demands to achieve the “ideal” thin look. On the other hand, it shows that prolonged severe dieting and weight loss are behaviors that, once turns into a habit, perpetuate the distorted beliefs around eating, food, and body image resulting to an obsession. It is unclear what the target of the treatment should be. Should it start by focusing on the anxieties around adolescence or should it initially address the health effects of severe dieting and weight loss?

Treatment Approaches
Outpatient treatment for anorexia includes two standard approaches. The most common of these treatments is the individual psychodynamic therapy, which usually assumes that the root cause relates to developmental anxieties about the physical changes associated with puberty, the social demands of adolescence, and the developmental task of separating from parents. Treatment involves exploring and attempting to resolve the young person’s anxieties related to these issues while encouraging him or her to eat sensibly and gain weight. Parents may be included in such treatments, but they are usually asked to support the adolescent’s independence and refrain from trying to change behaviors related to food and weight.

Family therapy is another approach that examines ways in which the family may be a factor in the development or perpetuation of the young person’s illness. It looks at ways on how the family can help to resolve any conditions that may have caused it. The therapist targets family processes, including inappropriate alliances within the family, communication problems, conflict or avoidance of conflict, and suppression of individuation and separation among family members, particularly the adolescent. The family may discover that the symptoms of anorexia nervosa help to maintain dysfunctional adaptations by diverting attention away from family difficulties. When these dysfunctional patterns are addressed, the young person will no longer feel pressure to save the family from facing its problems by using anorexia to avoid age-appropriate developmental tasks.

The family treatment has three phases that happens in a course of 6 to 12 months. The first phase focuses on helping the parents take up the task of re-feeding their adolescent. Parents are educated about the seriousness of the illness and dire medical and psychological consequences. The next step is to encourage and support in the use of their authority, skill, love, and knowledge of their child to effect changes in eating behaviors.

This can take many forms, but usually includes a period of time during which parents prepare all meals and monitor their child’s eating and exercise behaviors. This often means keeping the child home from school and taking off time from work for a few weeks. During this phase the therapist helps the parents stay on task and avoid other distractions while also providing encouragement and support.

The second phase begins when the adolescent is nearing the normal weight and resuming to normal eating behaviors. During this phase, the parents gradually start to turn over control of eating and related behaviors back to their teenager. The therapist helps parents identify when they feel ready and safe to begin this process and reviews the strategies they employ in this transition. At this time, the adolescent is learning and experimenting with greater independence while still suffering anorexic thoughts, which slows down weight gain. However, as the adolescent is out of immediate physical danger, this can be tolerated to allow for slower mastery of the eating under their own control. Toward the end of phase 2, the treatment turns to the relationship between eating and adolescent issues. For example, therapy may focus on the difficulties faced when eating at social events, on dates, and at school. Once the adolescent has achieved full control of eating and anorexia nervosa is not part of the daily struggle for the adolescent or parents, the third phase of treatment begins. The aim of this phase is to help the parents and the patient make sure that any hurdles that may have developed as a result of anorexia nervosa are overcome. For example, due to the illness, the adolescent may have fallen behind in school, become socially isolated, or grown more dependent on the parents. The therapist assists the family to identify and address these issues and then terminates treatment.

The question on which treatment is better than the other is decision best left on the hands of health professionals. The fact of the matter is nobody knows for sure the single, best treatment for eating disorders. Many advocates of different treatments believe strongly about their methods. There is no ideal treatment tailor that guarantees a quick recovery form such eating disorder, but it’s encouraging that the options of treatment for anorexia nervosa continue to grow.

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Did you know that 10 out of 100 young women suffer from eating disorders? A negative body image is relatively common for adolescents especially before and after puberty hits. As an outcome, two psychiatric eating disorders have been diagnosed namely anorexia nervosa and bulimia. It is prevalent among teenager girls and young women that place a higher susceptibility for those who have a family history of such eating disorder. There are cases that boys also suffer from these two eating disorders but less often.

People have a common misconception of how anorexia can be used interchangeably with bulimia. Just how these two psychiatric eating disorders are different from one another?

1. A teenager with anorexia nervosa is typically a high achiever and a perfectionist in school. Despite of these traits, she suffers from low self esteem, irrationally believing she is fat no matter how thin she becomes. The teenager with anorexia nervosa thinks she can only gain control over her life when she refuses to eat “normal” food that her body demands. In a relentless pursuit to be thin (if not thin enough), the girl starves herself sometimes to the point of fatality. It often reaches to the point of creating serious damage to the body reaching to a small number of cases leading to death.

2. Bulimia, on the other hand, have symptoms different from anorexia nervosa. The person who is bulimic binges on exceedingly large quantities of high caloric food and/or purges her body of the dreaded calories by means of self induced vomiting and often use laxatives. It results to dramatic weight fluctuations from binges alternating with severe diets. People who are bulimic often mask the sound of vomiting by running water while spending long periods of time in the comfort room. The act of purging of bulimia presents a very serious threat to the physical health of the person involved including dehydration, hormonal imbalance, the depletion of essential minerals, and damage to vital organs.

While both disorders focus on an obsession on thinness, people with anorexia exhibit noticeable, often severe weight loss while bulimics usually maintain a healthy weight.

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Comprehensive treatment is crucial to combat the ill and deadly effects of both anorexia nervosa and bulimia. The child and adolescent psychiatrist is trained to evaluate, diagnose, and treat eating disorders. The treatment consists of therapy, family therapy, working with a primary care physician, working with a nutritionist, and medication. Many adolescents also suffer form other problems such as anxiety, depression and substance abuse. It is vital that wholistic  approach of the treatment.

Early identification and treatment has been proven from studies to render sustaining and favorable results. Parents who recognize or suspects symptoms of anorexia and bulimia in their teenagers should seek the family physician of referral to a child and adolescent psychiatrist.

Below is a directory of treatment centers for anorexia and bulimia:

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

Alabama:
Magnolia Creek
Residential Treatment Center for Eating Disorders
P.O. Box 391
Chelsea, Alabama 35043
205 678 4373 or
888 7MAGNOLIA

The Pinnacle Schools
500 Governors Drive
Huntsville, AL 35801
256-518-9998

Arizona:
Healthy Futures
9449 N. 90th St. Suite 210
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
480-451-8500

The Mandel Center
11811 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste 3031
Phoenix, AZ
480-734-1199

Mirasol, Inc.
7650 E. Broadway, #303
Tucson, AZ 85710
1-888-520-1700

ReddStone
A Remuda Program for Boys
1 East Apache Street
Wickenburg, AZ 85390
1-800-445-1900
info@remudaranch.com

Remuda Ranch
Programs for Eating & Anxiety Disorders
1 East Apache Street
Wickenburg, AZ 85390
1-800-445-1900
email: info@remudaranch.com

Rose Wood Ranch
36075 South Rincon Road
Wickenburg, AZ 85390
1-800-845-2211

Sierra Tucson
39580 S. Lago del Oro Parkway
Tucson, AZ 85739
1-800-842-4487

California:

HOPE for Eating Disorders
Alta Bates Summit-Herrick Campus
2001 Dwight Way, Berkeley CA 94704
Inpatient (510) 204-4405
Outpatient (510) 204-4560
Balanza
1761 Hotel Circle South
San Diego, CA 92108619-297-4499

The Bella Vita
Los Angeles, CA Woodland Hills, CA
and
La Canada Flintridge, CA
877-912-3552

Casa de Lago
22590 Canyon Lake Drive South
Canyon Lake, CA 92587
1-800-824-4936

Casa Palmera
14750 El Camino Real
Del Mar, CA 92014
1-888-481-4481
info@casapalmera.com

Center for Discovery
4281 Katella Avenue
Suite 111
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
800-760-3934
info@centerfordiscovery.com
www.centerfordiscovery.com
Whittier, CA
Lakewood, CA
Menlo Park, CA
Downey, CA

CRC Health Group
20400 Stevens Creek Blvd.
6th Floor
Cupertino, Ca. 95014
(866)549-5034

Del Amo Hospital Eating Disorders Program
23700 Camino Del Sol
Torrance, CA 90505
800-533-5266

Harmony Grove: Supportive Living for Eating Wellness
San Diego, CA 92130
(858)342-1514

Healthy Within
4510 Executive Dr. 103
San Diego, CA 92121
(858)622-0221

Loma Linda University Behavioral Med. Center
Redlands, CA
1-800-752-5999

Mandometer Treatment for Eating Disorders
11777 Bernardo Plaza Court, Suite 208
San Diego, CA 92128
858-451-1008

Montecatini
2524 La Costa Ave.
Rancho La Costa, CA 92009
760-436-8930

Monte Nido
27162 Sea Vista Dr.
Malibu, CA 90265
(310) 457-9958

New Dawn Recovery
2320 Marinship Way Suite 240
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 331-1383

New Directions Eating Disorders Center
14542 Ventura Blvd. Suite 211
Sherman Oaks, Ca 91403
818-377-4442

Oceanaire
866.406.1066
info@oceanaireinc.com
www.oceanaireinc.com

Ohlhoff Eating Disorders Outpatient Program
2418 Clement St.
San Francisco, CA 94121
415-221.3354

Puente de Vida
La Jolla, CA
1-877-995-4337

Rader Programs
Pacific Shores Hospital
2130 N. Ventura Road
Oxnard, California 93036
1-800-841-1515
rader@raderprograms.com

Reasons
4619 Rosemead Boulevard,
Rosemead, CA 91770
626.270.4226

Rebecca’s House
23861 El Toro Road, Suite 700
Lake Forest, CA 92630
800-711-2062
info@rebeccashouse.org

Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital
7850 Vista Hill Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 694-8434

Shoreline Center for Eating Disorder Treatment
Satori House
Long Beach, CA
562-434-6007

Sober Living by the Sea Treatment Centers
CRC Health Group
Newport Beach, CA
(949) 554-1114

South Coast Medical Center
Eating Disorders Treatment
31872 Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
(949) 499-7504

Summit Eating Disorders and Outreach Program
601 University Ave, Ste. 225
Sacramento, CA 95825
916-920-5276

Summit Eating Disorders and Outreach Program
Intensive Outpatient Program
400 Montgomery St., Suite 501
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-788-0158

Torrance Memorial Medical Center
3330 Lomita Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90505
310-325-4353

UCLA Eating Disorders Program
Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
150 UCLA Medical Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Adolescent inpatient services: 310-267-9140
Adult inpatient services: 310-267-7364
Adult outpatient program: 310-206-3954

The Victorian of Newport Beach
2811 Villa Way
Newport Beach, CA 92663
800-647-0042

Colorado:

Children’s Hospital
13123 East 16th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
1-800-624-6553

Denver Health A.C.U.T.E Medical Center
777 Bannock Street
Denver, Colorado 80204-4507
877-228-8348

Eating Disorder Center of Denver
950 South Cherry St., Suite 1010
Denver, CO 80246
1-303-771-0861

Eating Recovery Center
Nourishing Health
Denver, CO
1-877-825-8584

La Luna Center
3002 Bluff St. Ste. 200
Boulder, CO 80301
720-470-0010

New Directions Eating Disorders Center
2121 S. Oneida #412
Denver, Co 80224
303-694-7484

Connecticut:

The Institute of Living
400 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
1-800-673-2411

The Renfrew Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Coconut Creek, Florida; New York City; Ridgewood, New Jersey; Wilton, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee
1-800-RENFREW

Wellspring
21 Arch Bridge Rd.
Bethlehem, CT 06751
203-266-8000

Florida:

The Boswell Center
6817 Southpoint Parkway, Suite 904
Jacksonville, FL 32216
904-332-9100

Canopy Cove
13305 Mahan Dr.
Tallahassee, FL 32309
1-800-236-7524

Center for Eating and Weight Disorders
Assessment and Psychotherapy Services, Inc.
2155 Main Street
Sarasota, Florida 34237
(941) 365-2962

Fairwinds Treatment Center
1569 South Fort Harrison
Clearwater, Florida 33756
1-877-ANOREXIA

La Bonne Maison
Tampa, FL and Orlando, FL
1-800-824-8580

Milestones at High Point
5960 Southwest 106th Ave
Cooper City, FL 33328
800-347-2364
Oliver-Pyatt Centers
www.oliverpyattcenters.com
Miami, FL
866-511-HEAL (4325)

The Renfrew Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Coconut Creek, Florida; New York City; Ridgewood, New Jersey; Wilton, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee
1-800-RENFREW

Turning Point of Tampa, Inc.
6227 Sheldon Rd.
Tampa, FL 33615
800-397-3006
The Willough at Naples
9001 Tamianm Trail East
Naples, FL 34113
1-800-722-0100

Georgia:

Ridgeview Institute
3995 South Cobb Dr.
Smyrna, GA
1-800-329-9775
Peachford Hospital
2151 Peachford Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
770-455-3200

Hawaii:
Aloha Healing Retreats
P.O. 1850
Pahoa, Hawaii 96778
1-888-967-8622

Anorexia and Bulimia Center of Hawaii
Kailua, Oahu, Maui, HI
1-808-262-0398

Illinois:
Alexian Brothers Medical Center, IL

1650 Moon Lake Boulevard
Hoffman Estates, IL 60194
1-800-432-5005

Arabella House
806 Edgewater
Naperville, IL 60540
(630) 646-6798

ENH Highland Park Hospital
Center for Eating Disorders
777 Park Avenue West
Highland Park IL 60035

847-480-2617
Insight Psychological Center
4711 W. Golf Rd. Ste 403
Skokie, IL 60076
(847) 604-1918

Linden Oaks at Edward
801 South Washington Street
Naperville, IL 60540
(630) 305-5500
Timberline Knolls
40 Timberline Dr.
Lemont, IL 60439
630-343-2346

Indiana:
Eating Disorders Center of Indiana
3945 Eagle Creek Parkway
Suite C
Indianapolis IN 46254 lah
317-329-7071

Selah House
2541 North Shore Blvd
Anderson, IN 46011
(888) 641 - 0022

Kansas:

Menninger Clinic
Topeka, KS
1-800-351-9058

Louisiana:

Depaul Tulane Behavioral Health Center’s Eating Disorders Program
1040 Calhoun Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
1-800-548-4183

River Oaks Hospital
Eating Disorder Treatment Center
1525 River Oaks Road West
New Orleans, LA 70123
1-800-366-1740

Maine:

Mercy Hospital
144 State Street
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 879-3795

Maryland:
Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt
Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital
6501 N. Charles Street Unit B-5
Baltimore, Maryland 21204
Phone: 410-938-5252

Washington Center for Eating Disorders & Adolescent Obesity
6410 Rockledge Drive, Suite 412
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
(301) 530-0676

Massachusetts:

Arbour Hospital
49 Robinwood Ave
Boston, MA 02130-2156
(617)522-4400

Cambridge Eating Disorder Center
3 Bow Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
main: 617-547-2255
residential program: 617-661-0841

Laurel Hill Inn
P. O. Box 368
Medford MA 02155-0004
781-396-1116

The Klarman Eating Disorders Center
at McLean Hospital
115 Mill St.
Belmont, MA 02478
email: klarmancenter@mclean.org
(617)855-3410

Walden Behavioral Care
9 Hope Ave.
Waltham, MA
881 647-6727

and

109 Main st.
Northampton MA
413 582-0100

Westwood Pembroke Health System:
The Eating Disorders Program
New England
1-617-762-7764 x488
1-800-22-ACCES

Michigan:
Forest View Psychiatric Hospital
1055 Medical Park Drive S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
1-800-949-8439
Four Seasons Treatment Center
1176 S. Main St.
Plymouth, MI 48170
(734) 416-3341

Minnesota:
The Emily Program
2550 University Avenue West, Suite 314N
St. Paul, MN 55114
(651) 645-5323
Methodist Hospital
Eating Disorders Institute
6490 Excelsior Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
(952) 993-6200

Mississippi:

Pine Grove Women’s Center
3875 Veteran’s Memorial Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39403
1-888-574-HOPE
info@pinegrove-treatment.com

Missouri:

Castlewood Treatment Center for Eating Disorders
800 Holland Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63021
636-386-6611
Eating Disorder Recovery Center
1034 S. Brentwood Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63117
(314)721-5514

McCallum Place
231 W. Lockwood Ave Ste. 201
St. Louis, MO 63119
314-968-1900

Montana:

Rimrock Foundation
1231 N. 29th St.
PO Box 30374
Billings, MT 59107
1-406-248-3175
1- 800-227-3953

Nebraska:

Children’s Hospital of Omaha, NE
8200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68114
402-955-6190
OMNI Behavioral Health
8715 Oak St.
Omaha, NE 68124
402-333-0898
Nevada:
Center for Hope of the Sierras
1453 Pass Drive
Reno, Nevada 89511
1-775-828-4949Ê

New Hampshire:

Westwood Pembroke Health System:
The Eating Disorders Program
New England
Information: (617) 762-7764 x488
Admissions: 1-800-22-ACCES

New Jersey:

The Renfrew Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Coconut Creek, Florida; New York City; Ridgewood, New Jersey; Wilton, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee
1-800-RENFREW

Somerset Medical Center
110 Rehill Avenue
Somerville, NJ 08876
1-800-914-9444

University Medical Center at Princeton
253 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
1-877-932-8935

New Mexico:
The Life Healing Center of Santa Fe
25 Vista Point Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87508
(877)907-6237

New York:
Avalon Eating Disorder Center
346 Harris Hill Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
(716) 839-0999

The Eating Disorder Resource Center
24 East 12th St. Suite 505
New York, NY 10003
(212) 989-3987

Oliver-Pyatt Centers
www.oliverpyattcenters.com
866-511-HEAL (4325)
Ophelia’s Place
407 Tulip St.
Liverpool, NY 13088

315-451-5544×10
The Renfrew Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Coconut Creek, Florida; New York City; Ridgewood, New Jersey; Wilton, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee
1-800-RENFREW

North Carolina:
Carolina House
176 Lassiter Homestead Road
Durham, North Carolina 27713
866-540-5240

Structure House
Durham, NC
1-800-553-0052
The Renfrew Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Coconut Creek, Florida; New York City; Ridgewood, New Jersey; Wilton, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee
1-800-RENFREW

North Dakota:
Eating Disorder Institute
Meritcare South University
1720 S. University Dr.
Fargo, ND 58122
800-437-4010 x 4111
701-234-4111

Ohio:
Laurelwood Eating Disorders Program
35900 Euclid Ave.
Willoughby, OH 44094
1-800-438-4673

Lindner Center of HOPE
4075 Old Western Row Road
Mason, Ohio 45040
513 / 536-HOPE
River Centre Clinic
5465 Main St.
Sylvania, OH 43560
1-419-885-8800
Sibcy House
4075 Old Western Row Road
Mason, Ohio 45040
513 / 536-HOPE

Oklahoma:
Laureate Eating Disorders Program
6655 South Yale Avenue
Tulsa, OK
1-800-322-5173 Option 3

Rader Programs
Brookhaven Hospital
201 South Garnett
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128-1800
1-800-841-1515
rader@raderprograms.com

Oregon:
A Better Way Counseling Center
818 NW 17th Av.
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 226-9061

Aliveness Institute Healing Retreats
BodyWay’s Unique and Customized Programs for Eating Disorder Recovery
Arnold & 35th
Portland OR 97219
503.293.8906; 1-800-765-1319
Kartini Clinic
2800 N. Vancouver, Suite 118
Portland, OR 97227
(503) 249 8851

Pennsylvania:
Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment
4200 Monument Road
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(215) 456-8000

Friends Hospital Eating Disorders Program
4641 Roosevelt Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19124
(215) 831-4600

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Eating Disorders Program
905 W. Governor Road Suite 250
Hershey, PA 17033
717-531-2099
www.PennStateHershey.org/eatingdisorders
UPMC

Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic (WPIC)
3811 O’Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593
877-624-4100

South Carolina:
Hilton Head Health Institute
14 Valencia Road
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
1-800-292-2440

Tennessee:
Center for Eating Disorders at Focus Health
7429 Shallowford Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421
1-800-675-2041
www.focuscenterforeatingdisorders.com

The Ranch
P.O. Box 38
Nunnelly, TN 37137
1-800-849-5969

The Renfrew Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Coconut Creek, Florida; New York City; Ridgewood, New Jersey; Wilton, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee
1-800-RENFREW

SOLACE, LLC
3085 South Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN 37408
423-752-5207

Texas:

Cedar Springs
4613 Bee Caves Road, Suite 104
Austin, TX 78746
877.755.2244
512.732.2400

La Que Sabe ED Clinic
4103 Marathon Blvd.
Austin, TX 78756
512-478-9240
Menninger Clinic
Houston, TX
1-800-351-9058

Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
8200 Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas, TX 75231
1-800-411-7081

Sante Center For Healing
914 Country Club Rd.
Argyle, TX 76226
1-800-258-4250

Shades of Hope Treatment Center
P.O. Box 639
Buffalo Gap, TX 75908
1-800-588-HOPE

Cadwalder Behavioral Clinics
30903 Quinn Road
Tomball, TX 77375
281-351-6644
866-351-6644 (toll free)
Utah:

Avalon Hills Eating Disorder Clinic
7852 West 600 North
Petersboro, UT 84325
(800) 330-0490
info@avalonhills.org

Center for Change
1790 North State Street
Orem, UT 84057
1-801-224-8255

New Life Center
1255 E. 3900 S
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
(888) 281-3353

Vermont:
Brattleboro Retreat
75 Linden Street
P.O. Box 803
Brattleboro, VT 05302
1-800-738-7328
Green Mountain at Fox Run
Fox Lane, Box 164
Ludlow, VT 05149
800-448-8106

Washington:

A Place of Hope
The Center for Counseling & Health Resources, Inc.
547 Dayton
Edmonds, WA 98020
1-888-771-5166

Moore Center, The
1601 114th Av. SE, #180
Bellevue, WA 98004
(425) 451-1134

Wisconsin:

Rogers Memorial Hospital ED Center
34700 Valley Road
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
1-800-767-4411

CANADA:
Beau Cote Centre For Eating Disorders Inc.
RR#1, AR-49
Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G0
1.888.947.9003

The Last Resort
c/o McCarroll & Associates Inc.

Seefried Plaza, Suite 208
6036 - 3 St. SW
Calgary, Alberta Canada T2H 0H9
1-403-209-0224
Marnies Place
Brantford, Ontario

CANADA
519-752-5468
New Realities Eating Disorders Recovery Centre
62 Charles Street East, Suite 103
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1T1
Toronto: 416 921-9670
Thornhill: 905 763-0660
SACRED’s Eating Disorder Recovery Program
#182, 10654-82 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6E 2A7
(780)903-3300
Westwind Eating Disorder Recovery Centre
458 14th St.
Brandon, MB R7A 4T3
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For all parents out there, you may want to think twice about making comments to your child. Gentle and well-meant comments about the weight of your kid can have a negative body image that could somehow lead to dangerous dieting behaviors.  Watch out for these five comments parents should never say to their kids.

You’re such a talented athlete; let’s crank it up a notch.

A mother recognized the running skill of her daughter that lead the mother to encourage her to join the track team and even started to run with the daughter for training. “I thought I was building her self-esteem by praising her, but I didn’t realize that she hated running and was only doing it for me,” says the mother, who asked for her name to be withheld. The kid began increasing extra miles and quickly shed considerable weight. The mother was shocked to hear the response of how much her daughter hated the pressure of track meets. Parents need to stop and reassess given kids have a natural drive to excel in sports without any need of pushing of parents.

You’re big boned unlike your sister. Be careful on making comparisons among your kids.

It can cause harmful overreaction. A young teenager recalled how her mother often compares her to her sister. “Lucy’s the bigger one. I’d overhear my mom saying that to her friends, recalls Lucy, a 19-year-old from Minnesota, whose shame contributed to her drastic weight loss to a weight below 95 pounds during her sophomore year of high school. Parents and other siblings must avoid making hurtful comments on a child’s weight. Research has shown that kids who are teased are more prone to binge eating and other eating disorders.

You can try a new diet which can maybe help.

Female teenagers are susceptible on developing a negative body image especially if they always hear how bad food is. An 18-year-old student of St. Paul shares “I would have liked to have learned about the positives of food, like why I need some fat to build cells and what fruits and vegetables do for my body.” She recently had a roommate whose mother sends diet products and then complained on visits that her daughter hadn’t lost enough weight. “I couldn’t stick around for those conversations,” she says.

I hated my body, too, when I was your age.

With a pure intention, a mother shared the insecurities she’d had as a teen with her daughter, now 16, around the same time her daughter went through puberty. “I told her that I’d always been really thin but then started hating my body when I developed curves. I wanted to be really open about it in case she was feeling the same way,” the mother explains. The daughter, though, took it as a go signal on how she should feel about her own developing body. “I got confused on my mom’s message of not focusing on my body image but at the same time talk about how she hated her body all the time.” The daughter thinks it’s better if her mother hasn’t talk about these things with her.

You look great! Have you lost weight?

Almost all teenagers reported they got praises from family and friends when they started restricting food intake and subsequently dropping weight. An 18-year-old young student form Minneapolis shares “I can put up with how painfully cold and weak I was as long as I got praises on how thin I look. That’s all I remember even when it stops because I’ve gotten so thin.”

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Anorexia is a serious and progressive eating disorder. The longer a person is suffering from anorexia, the more serious the consequences become and the greater the chances of long term damage to the body. Any recovery program intended for people with anorexia can reap lasting results when the causes of anorexia have been determined.

Anorexia nervosa and major risk factors

Some research suggests people prone to perfectionism, depression or anxiety may be prone to suffer anorexia but there is no known single cause of disease. Ninety percent of people who suffer from anorexia are females. Adolescent girls are the most likely group to be affected yet the disorder remains to affect other age groups as well. Women who participate in profession emphasizing body size or shapes such as modeling, gymnastics, or ballet may also be more likely to be anorexic.
• Body dissatisfaction
• Dieting
• Low self-esteem
• Perfectionism
• Childhood sexual abuse
• Family history of eating disorders

Anorexia and causes

What sends off a person en route toward self starvation? It is easy to point to a culture that sets a standard of beauty portrayed by stick thin women as the physical ideal. Our culture’s idealization of slenderness plays a powerful role in the development of anorexia but it is also crucial to look into other contributing factors such as genetics, individual personality traits, and family environment.

Biological causes of anorexia

Research suggests that a genetic predisposition to anorexia may run in families. When a girl has a sibling with anorexia, she is 10 to 20 times more likely than the general population to develop anorexia herself. Brain chemistry also appears to play a significant role. People with anorexia tend to have high levels of cortisol, the brain hormone most related to stress, and decreased levels of serotonin and norepinephrine, which are associated with feelings of well-being.

Psychological causes of anorexia

Be especially concerned with people who are perfectionists and overachievers. They’re the “good” daughters and sons who do what they’re told, excel in everything they do, and focus on pleasing others. Chances are they are prone to develop anorexia. But while anorexics may appear to have it all together on the surface, inside they feel helpless, inadequate, and worthless. They view themselves through a harshly critical lens with a thinking of being a total failure when they’re not perfect.

Family and social pressures

The pressure to be thin does not only come from culture alone. Family pressure and social pressure can also contribute to anorexia. This includes participation in an activity that demands slenderness including ballet, gymnastics, or modeling. It also involves having parents who are overly controlling, put a lot of emphasis on looks, diet themselves, or criticize their children’s bodies and appearance. Stressful life events can also trigger anorexia such as the onset of puberty, a breakup, or going away to school.

If you or someone you know is suffering with anorexia, immediate counseling with a medical professional such as your doctor should be undertaken before the disorder gets any worse. Regardless of the cause of anorexia, you should seek immediate counseling given that will power is not enough to recover from anorexia.

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