Eating Disorder & Obesity Prevention: Exposing the Storm Within

Eating Disorder & Obesity Prevention: Exposing the Storm Within — Eating disorders steal too many lives, physically as well as emotionally. Rachel Quast, M.A., counselor and recovering anorexic, bulimic and binge eater shar…

One-third of Canadians experienced child abuse: study
… mental disorders and suicide. "From a public health standpoint, these findings highlight the urgent need to make prevention of child abuse a priority in Canada," Tracie Afifi of the University of Manitoba's psychiatry department said with her …
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Facebook leading women to eating disorders!
Health professionals who work in the area of eating disorders and their prevention now have clear evidence of how social media relates to college women's body image and eating disorders. “While time spent on Facebook had no relation to eating disorders …
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Child abuse study
"From a public health standpoint, these findings highlight the urgent need to make prevention of child abuse a priority in Canada." In the study, physical … Respondents also said whether they were diagnosed with a mental disorder, or a long-term …
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