Obesity is not just about overeating

The Times of India

ANI Jul 30, 2011, 12.00am IST

University of Illinois scientists have revealed that many factors including genetic predisposition, family, community, country, culture, how much TV a child watches and others contribute to childhood obesity... Read More

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The article in The Times of India says many things leads to children becoming obese. Do you think that in the future we will be able to pinpoint exactly what causes it or do you think many things are the cause and we should not think that we can fix it by fixing one area?

Bulimic disorders and sociocentric values in north India

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2000) 35: 86±93
D. Bhugra á K. Bhui á K. R. Gupta

Abstract Background: Previous studies have shown low rates of eating disorders in some developing countries. We set out to investigate the prevalence of bulimia in an all-female college population in north India and relate it to sociocentrism of the culture. Methods: A total of 504 students in an all-girls private college in an industrial town in north India completed the Hindi translation of the Bulimia Investigatory Test, Edinburgh (BITE). A random sample of 50 students, irrespective of their scores, were interviewed using the DSM-III-R interview for eating disorders; they were also asked about qualitative aspects of their relationship with the family and their own views of their identity. Results: There was no effect of age, social class, religion or height on the distribution of BITE scores. Three key factors emerged; these were related to the constructs of compulsive activ ity, impulsivity/sociocentric avoidance and associated attitudinal responses and depressive thinking with fea tures of helplessness and feelings of failure.Acculturation was not related to BITE scores. Virtually all interviewees had sociocentric views of theirselves. Conclusions: Sociocentrism and impulsivity account for a significant amount of the variance. The role of sociocentrism in inuencing patterns of eating deserves to be studied further.

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How accurate do you think the statistics are considering that the populations was taken from an all girl school? Do you think the results would change if the females were in a mixed school?

Eating Disorders Latest

Asia Best Doctors 2010

This week has been a notable one for those dealing with or treating eating disorders.

HBO has released its highly controversial documentary called thin, and a major advocacy group has announced it’s received notice from the government that eating disorders are not just a mental illness--they are biologically based.

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Eating Disorders are Global

by victorian — last modified Mar 29, 2010 05:28 PM

Happy New Year everyone! I am writing to you today from India! Just another one of the "mobile" blessings of blogging.

I have been here for the past two weeks and have been profoundly moved by the Indian women here in Tenali, a small region of India here in Andarha Pradesh. I came here on a mission trip with a group of people to serve the Harvest India orphans, elderly, leapors and women rescued from sex trafficking.

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The author outlines the many similarities between victims of sex trafficking to those with eating disorders. What major characteristic not mentioned in the article are shared between these two groups of individuals?

Diet disorders linked to unplanned pregnancy

ANI Aug 3, 2011, 02.48pm IST
The Times of India

A new study has found that eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are associated with fertility problems, unplanned pregnancies and negative attitudes to pregnancy.

A team at King's College London and UCL investigated a group of 11,088 pregnant women from the Avon area of the UK.

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Do you think that the increase in negative emotions found in pregnant women with eating disorders is mostly due to them not wanting to gain any weight?

Eating Disorders: Threat To Indian Youth

By Dr Samir Parikh

Mira*, a 14 year old girl, has been eating just one chapatti for lunch and having only curd for dinner for the past three months. Her liquid intake is less than a glass a day. She refuses to eat more, takes several hours to finish a meal and turns aggressive if she is forced to increase her diet.

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The article covers many different aspects of eating disorders. Based on the information given, what type of symptoms or signs could help identify when someone has eating disorders?

Anorexia takes hold in India

Jill McGivering BBC Asia analyst

In a country where many go hungry, anorexia is unknown to most

Most people in India struggle to get enough to eat - one estimate is that 60% of India's women are clinically malnourished.

But psychiatrists in urban areas are reporting cases of anorexia nervosa, the so-called slimming disease that can cause sufferers to starve themselves to death.

Most people in India have still not heard of the condition but Delhi psychiatrist Sanjay Chugh says he has seen an explosion in anorexia cases over the past few years.

He says a typical case could be a 17-year-old girl of around five feet six (1.68m) weighing just 4st 10lbs (30kg) who is convinced she is overweight.

"You can actually see her bones sticking out of her body," Dr Chugh says.

For [the public], a person who's starving herself to death must be stupid Dr Sanjay Chugh

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