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    February 01, 2019

    Eating Disorders, Weight-Shaming and “Clean” Eating

    • Addiction, Eating Disorders, Patients and Families, Women

    Eating disorders affect all kinds of people: women, men, young and old and from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. Many factors likely contribute to developing eating disorders, including a range of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Having a close relative with an eating disorder or a history of dieting are risk factors. High levels of body image dissatisfaction and setting unrealistically high expectations for oneself (perfectionism) also increase the risk

    January 23, 2019

    Increase in Teen Vaping Raises Concerns

    • Addiction, Patients and Families

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late last year new released new research showing that more than 3.6 million middle and high school students used e-cigarettes in 2018, a significant increase from 2017. More than one in five high school seniors (21 percent) used e-cigarettes, nearly double the number in 2017 (11 percent).

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