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Eating disorder speaker visits Embry-Riddle
Alana Greenwalt
Issue date: 3/31/06 Section: News
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Approximately 40 people attended an eating disorder lecture in Haas Commons on Wednesday, Mar. 8. The crowd was comprised of many athletes interested in what they can do to keep themselves healthy while training for their sports seasons. Others in attendance were there to gain more information and to make sure they know what to do if a person they know suffers from an eating disorder.
Ray Lemberg, Ph.D., P.C. is a practicing psychologist that works with child, adolescent, family and adult psychology. He has extensive experience working with men and women for eating disorder issues. His practice was based in Scottsdale, Ariz. for many years before he moved to Prescott.
Lemberg outlined three main eating disorders: Anorexia Nervosa which is the loss of weight due to a nervous compulsion with losing weight and Bulimia Nervosa, binging two times a week or more followed by purging. Also, Binge Eating which is described as bulimia without the purging.
Lemberg was quick to point out several facts about these eating disorders. The most shocking is the fact that if a bulimic person binges with 1500 calories in a setting and later purges, they only manage to keep their body from consuming about 200 of those calories. Other interesting and saddening facts are that only five percent of women in the United States are happy with their bodies; a 5'9" woman weighting 117 pounds may look great, but only two percent of women in the US are naturally that thin. "It is a western phenomenon; as our culture has spread, so have eating disorders" Lemberg stated on the pressures of society that cause many people to resort to dieting.
Dieting can create obsessive compulsive behaviors in many of the people that are constantly controlling their food intake. These people become "brain-locked" and are not able to see the harm they are causing themselves. Groups at risk, according to Lemberg, are athletes, models and people in "hot-spots."
"Hot-spots" are areas in the US that revolve around a specific male and female body image and high fashion. Places such as Hollywood, New York, and Laguna Beach are all examples of such areas.
Ray Lemberg, Ph.D., P.C. is a practicing psychologist that works with child, adolescent, family and adult psychology. He has extensive experience working with men and women for eating disorder issues. His practice was based in Scottsdale, Ariz. for many years before he moved to Prescott.
Lemberg outlined three main eating disorders: Anorexia Nervosa which is the loss of weight due to a nervous compulsion with losing weight and Bulimia Nervosa, binging two times a week or more followed by purging. Also, Binge Eating which is described as bulimia without the purging.
Lemberg was quick to point out several facts about these eating disorders. The most shocking is the fact that if a bulimic person binges with 1500 calories in a setting and later purges, they only manage to keep their body from consuming about 200 of those calories. Other interesting and saddening facts are that only five percent of women in the United States are happy with their bodies; a 5'9" woman weighting 117 pounds may look great, but only two percent of women in the US are naturally that thin. "It is a western phenomenon; as our culture has spread, so have eating disorders" Lemberg stated on the pressures of society that cause many people to resort to dieting.
Dieting can create obsessive compulsive behaviors in many of the people that are constantly controlling their food intake. These people become "brain-locked" and are not able to see the harm they are causing themselves. Groups at risk, according to Lemberg, are athletes, models and people in "hot-spots."
"Hot-spots" are areas in the US that revolve around a specific male and female body image and high fashion. Places such as Hollywood, New York, and Laguna Beach are all examples of such areas.