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Mary Sornberger HERWriter

Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa Combined with Compulsive Exercise Can Be Deadly

Written by Mary Sornberger on December 1, 2009 - 8:54am

We are always being told we’re a fat society and that we need to exercise more. Yet for females with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, exercise can be deadly. In many cases, due to the obsessive nature of eating disorders, healthy exercise becomes compulsive exercise.

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What effects do running have on women?

ASKED by Anonymous on June 22, 2009 - 3:55am

I want to run a half marathon (13 miles) but my friend tells me that long distance running creates cysts on your overies (sounds a bit far fetched) and that women that run can't have children later.

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