The adolescent years are a time when body image is crucial and peers can be painfully critical (Morrill, Leach, Shreeve, & Radebaugh, 1991). The presence of an eating disorder in this critical period can seriously harm an adolescent physically as well as mentally. Although the tendency to leave ...

The top ten Chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer, are all customarily associated with or aggravated by being overweight. In the United States we have so many different choices as to what new diet we can choose for the week, plus the USDA (United States Department of Agricul...

Anorexia Nervosa Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescent girls develops anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition in whi...

Anorexia Nervosa Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescent girls develops anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition in whi...

A flat, lean stomach, with defined, toned muscles, flawless, tanned skin, and a body fat percentage less than an average preschooler's age. Sounds like a familiar description of any given model in Cosmo, Mademoiselle, or Glamour. But in today's society, this description now applies to an...

In recent history, the idea of feminine beauty has been shifting toward a less healthy, overly thin model. More than 25,000 years ago when humans first evolved, women exaggerated their reproductive organs, like breasts and hips, using fertility symbols. Slim women were not considered beautiful ...

The influences of the media as a factor in the increase in eating disorders among young women have become an increasingly pervasive problem throughput the world. Many professionals and researchers place a large part of the blame of this increase on the influence of the media and a...

Sports Nutrition and Athletic Performance If you exercise regularly or if you are an athlete in training, you are trying to make your muscles work better. You want to be stronger if you are a weightlifter, you want to be able to throw a blistering fast ball if you are a baseball pitcher or you wa...

The number of older Americans has increased more than ten-fold since 1900, when there were 3 million people age 65 or older or 4 percent of the total population. In 2011, the "baby boom" generation will begin to turn 65, and by 2030, it is projected that one in five people will be age 65 or older...