By Madeline Hammett According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), as many as 10 in every 100 young women suffer from an eating disorder. These statistics are only growing to be more harrowing as this decade’s teenagers are increasingly exposed to social media outlets that serve…
In this episode, we visit with Dr. Shanna Garza the Clinic Director of Girls to Women and Young Men’s Health and Wellness, an Adolescent Medicine practice in McKinney, Texas. Dr. Garza received her B.S. in Biology from Emory University and attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine. Following her…
Warning signs are not always obvious. Like a relationship that looks healthy on the outside, the truth can be hidden behind closed doors. Look for: Evidence of dieting or possibly appropriate weight loss that eventually goes “too far” Excessive exercise or inflexibility in exercise patterns Sudden interest in being vegetarian…
On the surface, it seems simple – everyone has to eat. However, our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors about eating can be the difference between life and death. Balanced eating and exercise ought to lead to healthy outcomes, but too often, paying too much attention to how we eat backfires and…