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Was this a hate crime?

The other day a 14 year old boy stepped on the foot of a grown man in Essex. The boy apologised, but the man followed him into the train station and demanded “Have you got a problem?” then punched him in the head. The teenager was unconscious for 20 minutes.

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What is normal eating ?

Here are some reassuring thoughts about eating…Normal eating is three meals a day and possibly two snacks, most of the time, but it can also be choosing to continue munching. It is leaving some cookies on the plate so you can have some more tomorrow or it is eating more

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Serotonin Levels and Eating Disorders

This week is Eating Disorder Awareness week. Low Serotonin levels have been linked to Eating Disorders. This natural mood stabilizer can be affected by physical and emotional stress and poor diet and eating habits. Low levels can trigger binge-eating. Eating sufficient protein and carbohydrates will allow the body to manufacture

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Teenagers at risk from Eating Disorders

This week is Eating Disorder Awareness week  It is not a big step from skipping meals, low calorie dieting and excessive exercising to anorexia or bulimia. According to a study in the British Medical Association Journal (1999 ) within one year, dieting adolescents had an eightfold- increased risk of developing

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Eating Disorder Awareness Week 24h Feb-2nd March 2014

The organisation BEAT are organising an Eating Disorders Awareness week next week to raise awareness and understanding of eating disorders, challenge stigmas and stereotypes and raise funds.Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses affecting 1.6 million in the UK and claim more lives than any other mental illness. However they are

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Could do butter!

Famed French chef Raymond Blanc told www.gransnet.com in February that British women are more prone to porkiness than French women because of our tendency to drink six glasses of wine rather than one, our love of fry-ups and our inability to cook with butter.I was in Paris recently, and it’s

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Going for the chop

My teenage son had a haircut this week. It might not sound much to you, but this event was months in the making and its significance cannot be understated. You see, to him, it’s not just hair. It’s his whole life. He’s spent a large proportion of his young life

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Ridiculous Behavior

Ridiculous Behavior

She comes home late.  She’s up until times I didn’t know existed.  She sleeps until 20 minutes before she has to go work (which is 2pm).  She leaves her dishes all around the house.  She waits until she has six loads of laundry before she’ll do her wash.  She comes

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Grumpy? Me, never

Appetites between couples have always been at odds. With one person eventually objecting to having to perform half an hour of horizontal gymnastics before they melt into their cocoon of dreams and thoughts and eventually sleep. The appetite we overlook in choosing our life partners is sleep. Does it matter

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Hopelessly (un)devoted to you

I had a little moment of revelation recently, while stroking the golden head of my dog, his soppy eyes gazing at me in utter rapture. He will do anything to be near me, whatever I’m doing, whatever mood I’m in, however crap I feel or look, he just wants to

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