... including alcohol and illicit substance abuse, suicidal ideas and behaviors, and early death from a number of related health problems(Pawluck and Gorey 1996). This next journal which was written by G. Russell, J. Treasure, and I Eisler is titled "Mothers with Anorexia Nervosa Who Underfeed their Children: their Recognition and Management". Their article was basically a study of women with anorexia which deprived their children ... anorexia. The authors stated that women with anorexia nervosa have a reduced fertility rate but some who do borne children have infants with serious health pro...

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... had not yet been established. It was only in the 70s that BN received an identity of its own separate from anorexia nervosa. It was though the article of Gerald Russell titled "An Ominous Variant of Anorexia Nervosa" that BN gained its distinction and prominence (Willer, p. 1). Since then, BN has been known to exist separate from anorexia nervosa and ... ...

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... also lose weight differently. For example many believe that eating disorders are only associated with women which is false. A growing number of today's men are developing eating disorders for example Russell Brand, who suffered from bulimia from an early age. Some of them aspire to have a very lean body shape, like a model, and develop anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Others aspire ... ...

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... are based upon a biological predisposition, derived from studies concerning specific activity in the lateral hypothalamus, the presence of the obese gene, or pituitary insufficiencies, to name a few (Ward, Tiller, Treasure, & Russell, 1999). The other major theory regarding the source of these disorders emphasizes cultural factors and the role they play in their development in an individual. There have been extensive studies ... ...

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... was not widely known to doctors until the 1970's. Even then, purging was thought to be a stage of anorexia nervosa. In 1979, the disorder was given its name by Gerald Russell an English psychiatrist. Occasional binges have been reported in up to 40 percent of college women, and this disorder typically strikes more women than men (http://ndmda.org/eating.htm ... ...

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... was not widely known to doctors until the 1970's. Even then, purging was thought to be a stage of anorexia nervosa. In 1979, the disorder was given its name by Gerald Russell an English psychiatrist. Occasional binges have been reported in up to 40 percent of college women, and this disorder typically strikes more women than men (http://ndmda.org/eating.htm ... ...

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