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There is an expansion of the waiting list for outpatient treatment these days as eating disorders in teens and adults become more rampant.
The Florida News Times reported that both teens and adults who seek help with the condition frequently take months to set an appointment.
Doctors and experts now say, the pandemic crisis is currently posing a life-threatening condition for eating disorders, relaxing restrictions and leading to COVID-19 to subside in a lot of places, resulting in an undiminished new case and a swell in recurrence.
According to associate professor of psychiatry, Jennifer Wilds from the University of Chicago School of Medicine, some patients are waiting from four to five months for treatment like psychotherapy and at times, medication.
Weight-loss maintainers sit less than weight-stable people with obesity: Study ANI | Updated: May 24, 2021 16:24 IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study, people who are successful at weight-loss maintenance spend less time sitting during the week and weekends compared to weight-stable individuals with obesity.
Published online in Obesity, the Obesity Society s flagship journal, this is the first study to examine time spent in various sitting activities among weight-loss maintainers.
Prior findings from 2006 in the National Weight Control Registry indicated that weight-loss maintainers watched significantly less television than controls, but other sitting activities were not examined. In the current study, weight-loss maintainers did not significantly differ from controls in reported weekly sitting time spent watching television but did differ in time spent in non-work-related time using a computer or video
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