Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder: the three most well-known eating disorders. Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, rumination disorder: the less commonly known but…
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Author: Yasmeen Hamami
Night Eating Syndrome: Not Just Your Midnight Munchies
Very commonly thrown around is the concept of “midnight munchies.” Sometimes you might get hungry later in the evening or even during the late hours…
Pica: When Pebbles, Paint, and Pennies Taste Good
One day at the park John, Carl, and Terry are digging in the dirt. John finds a small rock and starts to snicker. A minute…
Eat Your Peas, Sweetie: Picky or Avoidant?
How many times in your life has your mother said, “Eat your peas, sweetie?” Do you remember that ungodly pile of green spheres just protruding…
Elephant in the Room: There Are More Than Three
You are sitting in a room filled with people. Your next door neighbor Kevin, best friend Melissa, and your cousins from down South even decided…
Transgenderexia: One and the Same?
This past August President Paul Monagle of the conservative lobby group known as The Australian Family Association sent an e-mail to its members advising them…
A Victim of Anorexia: How to Tell
As outlined by DSM-5 guidelines, anorexia nervosa includes restrictive energy intake even lower than daily requirements, extreme fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, and…
The Ethics of Tammy Jung: When Food and Sex Combine
In a time where adult babies, foot worship, cross-dressing, and BDSM are common in the world of fetishism, the spectrum of eroticism continues to grow…
“They Are Just Overeaters”
Based on CDC-uncovered statistics, obesity torments 116 million people every day in the U.S. alone (“Obesity,” 2016). Obesity is not a standalone disease because it…
Obesity: Mental Disorder or Not?
Obesity refers to an excess of body fat that results from the long-term surplus of energy intake relative to energy expenditure (Galgani, 2008). The fifth…