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Eating disorders have among the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric illness and remission rates among patients with eating disorders are, by some estimates, as low as 29%. New treatment modalities are urgently needed to improve outcomes, especially for people with severe and enduring eating disorders, industry insiders told Behavioral Health Business. Despite this, funding for eating disorder research remains low. Federal support for eating disorder research equated to $0.73 per affected person in 2015. In contrast, autism research received $58.65 per affected person, and schizophrenia received $86.97 per affected person. While research dollars are scant, new research methods are…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Every 52 minutes, a person dies as a direct consequence of an eating disorder. Kids as young as five can develop one, and there has been a massive spike over the last five years.From 2018 to 2022, doctors saw eating disorders double in kids younger than 17. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, the National Eating Disorders Association saw a 75% spike in messages to their helpline.Researchers point not only to traditional media but now social media as a contributing factor. Despite the staggering number of children suffering, there is not an eating disorder unit…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Every 52 minutes, a person dies as a direct consequence of an eating disorder. Kids as young as five can develop one, and there has been a massive spike over the last five years.From 2018 to 2022, doctors saw eating disorders double in kids younger than 17. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, the National Eating Disorders Association saw a 75% spike in messages to their helpline.Researchers point not only to traditional media but now social media as a contributing factor. Despite the staggering number of children suffering, there is not an eating disorder unit…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Every 52 minutes, a person dies as a direct consequence of an eating disorder. Kids as young as five can develop one, and there has been a massive spike over the last five years.From 2018 to 2022, doctors saw eating disorders double in kids younger than 17. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, the National Eating Disorders Association saw a 75% spike in messages to their helpline.Researchers point not only to traditional media but now social media as a contributing factor. Despite the staggering number of children suffering, there is not an eating disorder unit…
Editor’s Note: In “Hey, Health Coach,” Sarah Hays Coomer answers reader questions about the intersection of health and overall well-being. Have a question? Send her a message (and don’t forget to use a sleuthy pseudonym!). This article contains content related to disordered eating and diet behavior. Hey, Health Coach, My girlfriend is obsessed with clean eating. She basically lives on vegetables, raw nuts and free-range chicken. We can’t really go out to eat anymore, or, if we do, she just watches me eat. It’s depressing. Is this orthorexia? How do I talk to her about it? — Concerned Dear Concerned,…
A video of a woman explaining why she refused to give her 7-year-old niece the breakfast she wanted has gone viral on TikTok. But there’s a twist.Rihanna Teixeira, 38, shared a story about a conversation about food she had with the niece ahead of a child’s party. She told her she could only have one slice of pizza and cake, but when they were there, she allowed ice cream too.However, there was a consequence to that consumption: The next day, the niece had to choose between fruit or vegetables for breakfast, even though she wanted eggs. “We gotta balance out…
The Big Tech ShowIs remote working creating a mental health crisis? Are those working from home overeating? And what can be done to improve mental health in the digital workforce?On The Big Tech Show this week, Adrian is joined by the CEO of mental health and wellbeing platform Kara Connect, Tobba Vigfusdottir.Kara Connect has done research this year showing that in 2024 mental health issues cost an employer €1,500 per employee per annum.Vigfusdottir says that since the pandemic we have seen a surge in mental health issues because of two factors: our relationship with phones changing and the de-stigmatization of…
Textual–visual thematic analysisRepresentational meaning: narrative and conceptualThe following text discusses Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2006) framework of representational meaning in visual communication, highlighting two main types: narrative representation and conceptual presentation. It explains that narrative representation focuses on dynamic events and actions, while conceptual presentation emphasizes stable and timeless essences. The key distinguishing factor is the presence of invisible oblique lines denoting direction. The narrative type involves dynamic processes like action, reaction, verbal, and mental processes, while the conceptual type encompasses classification, analytical, and symbolic processes. The analysis also delves into the roles and characteristics of these processes in advertising,…
If you had to throw out food after the power outages, you are not alone.We told you how you can get up to $500 back from your insurance company. But, what if you don’t have insurance? That’s what one viewer asked KPRC 2′s Amy Davis.SEE ALSO: When will power be restored in your area? CenterPoint Energy’s restoration map aims to provide clearer outlook“I am a 78-year-old senior citizen. I just bought groceries on the 15 with my SNAP CARD. I had to throw it all away from the refrigerator. We had no power here in Katy. No power for 20…
Several members of Long Beach’s Filipino community have worried about whether they could afford healthy food over the past year, among other findings, according to the city’s recent Filipino Community Health Needs Assessment — a challenge municipal officials will work to address.Long Beach is home to more than 20,000 people of Filipino descent, making that community the largest Asian ethnic group in the city. Filipino residents are heavily concentrated in West Long Beach, according to the 2022 Census and California Healthy Places Index.That’s an area that has historically lacked access to healthy food, with community leaders referring to West Long…