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Struggling With an Eating Disorder During Ramadan
Huffington Post UK As a Muslim suffering from an eating disorder, I understand how hard the month of Ramadan can be for others with eating disorders. For the past few years, I have been medically advised not to fast as it could trigger negative thoughts and cause the … |
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Binge Eating Disorder. It affects an estimated 2.8 million adults (our own co-founder Lynn Chen included) and is a more common eating disorder than anorexia and bulimia combined.Tennis Star Monica Seles is currently raising awareness about B.E.D.:…characterized by regularly eating far more food than most people would eat in a similar time period, with binges taking place on at least a weekly basis for three months. Adults with B.E.D. feel that their eating is out of control during a binge and find binges very upsetting, among other symptoms. B.E.D. is more than overeating and, unlike other eating disorders, people with B.E.D. don’t routinely try to “undo” their excessive eating with extreme actions like purging or over-
Research suggests more referrals are needed from primary care doctors to mental health professionals when dealing with eating disorders.