Many people have different views about Eating Disorders, though there are the simple questions, what is the medical treatment, what are the typical Eating Disorders, who gets involved in Eating Disorders, what are the psychological reasons for Eating Disorders, the emotional characteristics, medical characteristics, and the physical problems. ... Some of the questions were: what are the typical Eating Disorders, who gets an Eating Disorder, the psychological characteristics of an Eating Disorders, emotional characteristics, medical characteristics, physical problems and the eventual treatme...

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According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity, "Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. ... Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have discovered that an imbalance between an enzyme called neutrophil elastase and its inhibitor causes inflammation, obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver disease. ... When the team leveled out the neutrophil elastase and of α1-antitrypsin, and fed ...

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The average model weighs twenty-three percent less than the average women; the medical standard for anorexia is fifteen percent underweight (Thompson). ... Statistic Only 10% of people with eating disorders receive treatment and only 3%% of those get it at a specialized facility. ...

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Anorexia Nervosa is a rapidly growing issue in today's society. The disease is identified by the refusal to maintain a healthy weight, an irrational fear of gaining weight despite weighing too little, loss of the menstrual cycle in women, and an inaccurate view of one's body, often referred to as dy...

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Introduction A serious medical condition, childhood obesity, affects many of our children and adolescents on a national and international scale. ... The health issues that are involved with obesity of any kind but specifically in childhood obesity are high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, bullying or discrimination among peers, and heart disease and each of these medical outcomes due to obesity can be detrimental to childhood depression, academic achievement, social functioning and low self-esteem. The involvement of the children affected by obesity, their parents, the public...

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Unpolished rice is use a preventive and treatment for Beriberi (Munk 1972). ... Medical studies reported that beta-glucan not only helps to prevent heart diseases, but also contributes to boost the immune system in response to bacterial infections and stabilizing type 2 diabetes. ... Evidence has been found in medical studies, that oat helps to prevent colon and stomach cancer (Munk 1972 and Thermo Sc. ...

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"Obesity is understood to be a complex disease requiring multi-faceted treatment. ... According to the American Medical Association, being obese means that 30% of your ideal body weight is constituted by fat. ... Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of surgery and associate director of the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. ... The medical profession focuses heavily on the elimination of fat despite the fact that numerous studies have shown that weight-loss efforts during childhood are largely unsuccessful and can b...

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Due to complications and other effects of having the disease, most of the patients seek medical treatment and nurses have a great role in caring for patients with Diabetes Mellitus (Stoppler, 2014). ...

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