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    Accepting the Body You Have
    No one is ever 100% satisfied with their body, it may seem. There are always ideas and resolutions to lose weight, gain weight, increase muscle mass, lose muscle mass, what have you. Body results are not what the Hollywood theaters would have you believe. Most people are not built like an Angelina Jolie or a Brad Pitt. However, even if you are not built or look like a person such as that, it is fine to accept who you are and find the beauty within *and even outside* yourself. Find out how here.
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    Addicted to Exercise
    Even good things such as exercise can be taken to extremes. Do you know a person who works out even though it hurts more than the normal "burn" of a workout? Do you know people who will work out even if they have pulled muscles or broken bones? If so, read this article before your next exercise program.
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    Child Obesity FAQ
    A well-written multi-part article about children and weight problems, including obesity. KidsHealth is maintained by The Nemours Foundation, a well-respected organization dedicated to improving the health and spirit of children.
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    Complications of Binge Eating
    Dr. Haggerty's article about the problems that can arise from binge eating are related to overweight and obese people. Listed in this article are problems of the overweight and obese, what they may experience, and how many people may be experiencing this problem...the number can astound you.
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    Coping with Denial In Eating Disorders
    If a person you love refuses to admit that they have a problem with eating disorders, what can you do? This can be the case with many people who suffer from eating disorders, and this article helps you understand how better to deal with it.
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    Defeating Depression's Funk-to-Fat Cycle
    Do you feel depressed? Overeating and or gorging? This article can help you understand how to set up fitness goals that can help with a person who is depressed, and who needs exercise. Exercise can ease depression and help a person become motivated. Motivated to find out how? Click on...
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    Diet Survivors Newsletter Top Rated
    Free monthly advice, based on principles of cognitive therapy, for anyone who is tired of the dieting life and all its underlying distorted beliefs. Those with eating disorders and any type of eating issues will benefit. Written by Linda Moran, author of the book "How to Survive Your Diet and Conquer Your Food Issues Forever," which is endorsed by cognitive therapist Dr. Michael R. Edelstein.
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    Four Stages of Breaking an Addiction
    Nowhere do the Four Stages of Addiction come into play more powerfully than they do when you resist changing a habit relating to the foods with which you self-medicate. For most of us those foods are the instant, and easily available – Bread, Beverage, Dessert, or Alcohol. For others they are the fatty foods, and plenty of them. You might choose huge portions of steak, hamburger, and French fries, enormous bowls of salad with globs of dressing. Perhaps chunks of cheese appear as a part of your daily food consumption.
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    Guidelines of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery
    There is considerable misinformation concerning the validity of bariatric surgery in the management of morbid obesity. The following "Rationale for Surgery" covers the field in general. References are provided to allow the interested reader to obtain more detailed information along with the opportunity to examine the original data on which these statements are based.
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    Secret Diet Disasters of Trauma Survivors
    There some survivors that have a healthy lifestyle of moderate exercise, healthy nutrition and adequate sleep. However, some have secret habits that are harmful, and merely give them the temporary appearance of fitness, while their health is slowly dissipating. What are these secret, harmful habits? The answer is eating disorders.
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    Treatment for Anorexia
    In this article, Dr. Haggerty lists how a person can be treated for anorexia. Certain treatments involved being hospitalized, being put on medication, psychotherapy, and self therapy and self help. Anorexia can be a social issue, due to a person wanting to look attractive to others, and feeling that they do not meet up to others. If you are anorexic, or know someone who is anorexic, find the help you need here.
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    Treatment for Bulimia
    Treatment for bulimia is very important. Certain things like being in the hospital, having therapy, and taking medication can work wonders when it comes to the illness known as bulimia. Many times, things such as sexual and physical abuse and other serious problems have helped lead to bulimia issues. If you or a person you love has bulimia, you need to click here and get started getting the help you need.
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    Unrealistic Expectations Can Cause Failure
    An informational and helpful article by Caryl Ehrlich, author of Conquer Your Food Addiction.

    Weight gain is an evolutionary process. Some people call it creeping weight. The scale turtles inexorably upward – a tight skirt, a belt notch, a can’t-zip-up-my-pants inch at a time. Yet you expect the scale to go down as rapidly as a high-speed elevator. This erroneous thought pattern – practiced and perfected as with any bad habit – is an unrealistic expectation. Dangerous to be sure with any endeavor, but deadly when it comes to weight reduction.
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    What is Real Hunger?
    An informational and helpful article by Caryl Ehrlich, author of Conquer Your Food Addiction.

    In order to identify hunger, you must first understand what it is. This is not as easy as it seems. Many of you may never have let yourself experience true hunger, only a feeling of discomfort. Not knowing exactly what it was, you may have been eating past hunger for such a long time you can no longer differentiate between hunger and the feeling of anxiety, stress, boredom, or any number of other emotional or circumstantial stimuli. You haven’t allowed yourself to go without eating for a long enough period of time to have felt true hunger; you may not have experienced it since childhood.
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