BED statistics

from http://eatingdisorders.about.com/od/bingeeatingdisorder/a/bedstatistics.htm

Binge-eating disorder statistics are becoming better understood as more research creates consensus within the eating disorder research community. Here are some of the major statistics for binge-eating disorder.

Prevalence of Binge-Eating Disorder

Binge-eating disorder is the most common pattern of disordered eating. Lifetime prevalence rate estimates of binge-eating disorder (BED) range from 1 to 5% of the general population. One source suggests that 3% of the overall population currently has BED. In Australia, the estimate is 4%.

A large-scale national survey in 2007 found that 3.5% of women and 2% of men reported histories of binge-eating disorder.

Gender Difference in Binge-Eating Disorder

Based on the above prevalence data, about 65% of those with BED are women; 35% are men. Also, a June 2008 study reports that 3% of adolescent boysbinge or purge at least once per week, compared to 10% of adolescent girls.

Increased Risk of Binge Eating from Dieting

Dieting raises the likelihood of binging: Among girls,frequent dieters are 12 times more likely to binge eat than those who don't diet. Also, it's estimated that 30% of those who pursue weight loss treatment have BED.

Cultural Influence

While white women and black women are equally likely to have binged in the last three months, more black women report multiple episodes of binge eating per week.

Schemtterlinge im Bauch

from http://www.herzsache.de/liebe/gefuehle/schmetterlinge-im-bauch.php

Having butterflies in one's stomach is a wonderful feeling that all those that once were truly in love know. The butterflies in one's stomach start to flutter even when one sees a person, that one finds wonderful and one wants to win for him/herself. If flirting ends up with getting to know each other, the flutter will happen even more, since one knows that there is interest also on the other side. Before each meeting, the butterflies are fluttering in the stomach because of joy. 

Having butterflies in the stomach means to be excited, and most people are excited when they are newly in love. Unfortunately, in someone's stomach butterflies do not flutter long, because when one realizes that the partner is not the right one, feelings are no longer present and the butterflies in the stomach are gone. There are relationships in which butterflies flutter for a long time in the stomach. It all depends on how the partners treat one another. 

For most people with time butterflies fall asleep in the stomach, the relationship becomes routine and there's nothing more exciting, that could make one have butterflies in his/her stomach. Such relations should be brought to life again. If both partners take the initiative and break away from the sofa, swing comes back into the relationship and butterflies flutter again.

Reality orientation

Over time individuals with Alzheimer's disease may withdraw from contact with others and the environment as they become increasingly disoriented. This withdrawal results in a lack of sensory stimulation. To prevent understimulation, a therapy called reality orientation was developed. It is based on the belief that continually and repeatedly telling or showing certain reminders to people with mild to moderate memory loss will result in an increase in interaction with others and improved orientation. This in turn can improve self-esteem and reduce problem behaviors.

Reality orientation can be taught to caregivers and family members by a psychotherapist or other health care provider trained in these techniques. It can be performed in the home and should be structured around the area in which the person with Alzheimer's spends most of his or her time. Access to a window is recommended to facilitate orientation to the time of day and the weather.

In reality orientation, people with Alzheimer's are surrounded by familiar objects that can be used to stimulate their memory. Other materials, such as a family scrapbooks, flash cards, Scrabble games, a globe, large-piece jigsaw puzzles, and illustrated, large-print dictionaries, are also helpful.

Another tool, the reality-orientation board, is any board with a surface on which information can be changed easily, such as a blackboard, a pegboard, or an erasable memo board. Both the caregiver and the person with Alzheimer's fill in information such as current day of the week, date, and year, and the weather.

Reality orientation can also be used for persons who are severely confused. For these individuals, however, work focuses on less complicated information, such as their own name and address, the name of their caregiver, colors, and identification of everyday objects.

Reality orientation is around-the-clock therapy; the caregiver and anyone should be encouraged to apply the techniques. General guidelines include the following:

* Treat people with memory impairment with respect. Do not talk down to them or treat them like children.

* Every conversation you have with the person should include mention of the time, day of the week, and names of familiar people and objects. *

People with Alzheimer's should be encouraged to perform activities of daily living--that is, getting dressed, eating, taking care of personal hygiene---and should be complimented on all such attempts.

Can computers think? Can they feel?

very interesting:

http://soe.stanford.edu/research/ate/shoham.html

Binging

Binge eating disorder (BED), is a psychiatric disorder in which a subject shows the following symptoms:
- Periodically does not exercise control over consumption of food
- Eats an unusually large amount of food at one time -- more than a normal person would eat in the same amount of time.
- Eats much more quickly during binge episodes than during normal eating episodes
- Eats until physically uncomfortable
- Eats large amounts of food even when they are not really hungry
- Usually eats alone during binge eating episodes, in order to avoid discovery of the disorder
- Often eats alone during periods of normal eating, owing to feelings of embarrassment about food
- Feels disgusted, depressed, or guilty after binge eating