I must admit to taking some comfort from this article I came across on the IOL Babynet website a while ago when I found myself relating to the awful behaviour described, as dished out by teens to their moms. While things have been pretty steady and calm of late, I have had to deal with [...]
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In this chapter of the book Dr Christopher G. Fairburn deals with the psychological and social problems associate with binge eating. Again, just for the record, I am neither bulimic nor anorexic but as I read this chapter, I found that could relate to issues like the diet-binge cycle, the effects of this cycle (and [...]
Ever since I could make sense of the words “See John run” (remember those little books?), I have loved reading. These days though, as for most of us I suppose, there isn’t very much time for me to sit down and read, so I’ve had to find another way to satisfy my appetite for stories [...]
SA Blook went live today! Please do what you do best – spread the word =) Links to each author’s chapter can be found in the TOC below. An extract taken from Darren Gorton’s “OutThink” blog: “… a collaboration between South African bloggers with a strong belief in the future of our nation. Essentially, it [...]
“Who Binges?” Well, this was all very dull I’m afraid. Lot’s of boring stats about research studies, graphs and tables … yawn. And the bottom line was that because binge eating is normally such a secretive thing and not many people ever get treatment for this problem, there’s no real way to determine exactly who [...]
I haven’t had much time to read in the past week, but yesterday I finally got around to Chapter 2 of this book by Dr Christopher G. Fairburn. I didn’t find it too riveting (I’m waiting for the “solutions” part of the book), but it was mildly interesting nonetheless. In this chapter, Dr Fairburn states [...]
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