... "Maggie has so much potential that has been hiding under her extra weight. This inspiring story is about a 14-year-old who goes on a diet and is transformed from being overweight and insecure to a normal sized teen who becomes the school soccer star. Through time, exercise and hard ... thing to encourage children to eat healthier meals, it's easy to get carried away. Children that are frequently exposed to dieting, exercise and weight concerns at home can easily become obsessed with it as well (Thompson). Although being overweight has many potential health consequences, fat" has become ....

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... When people go beyond the usual diet or starving of themselves it turns into an eating disorder. Eating disorders are an extreme expression of weight and food issues. Eating disorders involve serious disturbances in eating behaviors, such as extreme and unhealthy reductions of food intake or severe amounts of ... feeling of being accepted and needed in their life. The need and obsession that they show and want becomes focused on food and their weight. People who have eating disorders often have been somewhat abused either mentally, sexually, emotionally or physically, sometime throughou...

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... around me for as long as I can remember. I've never been overweight, maybe just had a few pounds over what's considered "ideal" for my height and age. The first time I tried any sort of diet pills was when I was in middle school. I remember saving up money to go ... I couldn't believe how much energy I had from taking those pills and I could see results fast. However, after I stopped taking the pills, I didn't lose any more weight; I don't think I could have. I didn't experience any serious side effects other than my loss of appetite and increased energy. By increased energy I mean that...

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... that are closest to a person that hurt them the most. 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 be harmful both physically and psychologically (Solovay 200, 38). Children often replace their childhood goals with the improbable aim of ... percent (Solovay 2000, 38). Parents are often urged by medical professionals to put their children on low-calorie or very low-calorie diets with the good intention of long lasting weight loss. Unfortunately...

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... more difficult to change. Bulimia Danger Signals: bingeing, or eating uncontrollably Purging by strict dieting, fasting, vigorous exercising, vomiting or abusing laxatives or diuretics in an attempt to lose weight Using the bathroom frequently after meals Depression or mood swings Irregular periods Developing dental problems, swollen cheeks/glands, heartburn and/or bloating Experiencing personal or family problems with drugs or ... and overexertion to burn calories. An additional problem is that when a gymnast develops an energy deficit, her metabolism slows down and she has to eat less ...

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... been sweeping the nation over the last couple of years. For those who follow it strictly, they swear by it with the notion that no other weight loss program takes off the pounds quite like the Atkins. Sounds like the perfect diet doesn't it? Theoretically it is, but many physicians around the ... country are still hesitant to recommend the diet to their patients who are seeking to lose weight. The skepticism is backed by the alleged kidney and liver problems that can be brought about by the high fat/low carbohydrate diet. But with ... and astonishing 1 in 3 Americans diagnosed as obese,...

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