theagingofanorexiatag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-15187842009-04-05T14:23:00-04:00Ruthan Brodsky helps families and friends understand the issues, health risks, and treatment strategies of adult, middle-aged, and older adults with anorexia nervosa by providing information and stories.TypePadAnorexia - a Problem on Campustag:typepad.com,2003:post-647807632009-04-05T14:23:00-04:002009-04-05T14:23:00-04:00Colleges face an ever growing problem when it comes to dealing with young women and the transition from home to school. Anxiety and stress frequently impacts the student's eating habits and an eating disorder is easily developed. Some report that...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/04/anorexia-a-problem-on-campus.htmlMovie of Fat and Thin Reviewedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-644616892009-03-30T04:14:00-04:002009-03-30T04:14:00-04:00A colleague of mine saw the movie Disfigured which is about the relationship between a woman struggling with anorexia, Darcy (Staci Lawrence) and a fat woman, Lydia (Deidra Edwards). Darcy tries to attend a fat acceptance meeting because she sees...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/03/movie-of-fat-and-thin-reviewed.htmlUltra Thin Promote Pro-ana Websitestag:typepad.com,2003:post-644611232009-03-22T06:53:26-04:002009-03-22T06:53:26-04:00Pro-ana refers to the idea of promoting anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder characterized by extreme low body weight and body image distortion. The sites have photos and videos of very thin women and girls plus tips for crash dieting, fasting...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/03/ultra-thin-promote-proana-websites.htmlMedia Factors in Anorexiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-642662112009-03-17T11:39:12-04:002009-03-17T11:39:12-04:00According to Health magazine (2002) 32 percent of female TV network characters are underweight while only 5 percent of females in any TV audience are underweight. In contrast, men are portrayed by actors who are older, very unglamorous, even unkempt...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/03/media-factors-in-anorexia.htmlFamily Factors in Anorexiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-637917112009-03-08T06:55:54-04:002009-03-08T06:55:54-04:00There is more to anorexia than inherited genetics, personality and lack of coping skills. The additional element is that these important factors interact in complex ways with family and environmental issues that also play an important role in creating and...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/03/family-factors-in-anorexia.htmlDisordered Eating and Anorexiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-634869292009-03-01T05:02:39-05:002009-03-01T05:02:39-05:00There was an interesting article a couple of days ago in The Harvard Crimson. It was a column written by Rebecca Cooper who wrote about disordered eating as a more serious and common problem than the complete package of an...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/03/disordered-eating-and-anorexia.htmlMen Have Eating Disorders Tootag:typepad.com,2003:post-631914272009-02-22T11:59:09-05:002009-02-22T11:59:09-05:00It hasn't been that long that the possibility that men could have an eating disorder was accepted. Although people with eating disorders tend not to admit they have a problem, men are even less likely than women to admit to...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/02/men-have-eating-disorders-too.htmlEAting Disorders and the Psychological Facators of Anorexiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-628498992009-02-14T08:51:29-05:002009-02-14T08:51:29-05:00The brain research tells us that eating disorders don't just play havoc with the developing brains of teen agers, they explain that even when a person is well past her twenties, starvation, chronic dieting and binge eating and purging can...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/02/eating-disorders-and-the-psychological-facators-of-anorexia.htmlCauses of Anorexiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-624694252009-02-07T03:01:00-05:002009-02-07T03:01:00-05:00I'm convinced there are multiple causes of anorexia – psychological, biological, even environmental causes. I know my sister exhibited every one they ever wrote about! Here are some of the biological causes that research claims may cause eating disorders. One...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/02/causes-of-anorexia.htmlUnderstanding Themselves Chapter 21tag:typepad.com,2003:post-622170162009-02-01T05:13:33-05:002009-02-01T05:13:33-05:00What I've learned in my research about eating disorders is that a major part of the treatment is helping patients to better understand themselves and their lives and the struggles that have shaped them into who they are today. It...Ruthan Brodskyhttp://www.theagingofanorexia.com/2009/02/understanding-themselves-chapter-21.html