{"id":3354,"date":"2015-03-13T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2015-03-13T21:22:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:22:57","slug":"early-treatment-key-for-texans-with-eating-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3354","title":{"rendered":"Early Treatment Key for Texans with Eating Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3355\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3355\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3355\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-44426-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The most common eating disorders are anorexia, bulimia and binge eating and the conditions can lead to serious health problems and even death if untreated. Photo: Charlotte Astrid\/Flickr.\" width=\"600\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-44426-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-44426-1-1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-44426-1-1-405x176.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The most common eating disorders are anorexia, bulimia and binge eating and the conditions can lead to serious health problems and even death if untreated. Photo: Charlotte Astrid\/Flickr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>by John Michaelson\/TNS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>BUFFALO GAP, Texas &#8211; Like many other conditions, when it comes to eating disorders, early intervention is key to recovery for those struggling with these potentially life-threatening problems.<\/p>\n<p>Camela Balcomb, executive director of the Shades of Hope treatment center in central Texas, says only a small percentage of those with eating disorders seek professional help, often because the condition isn\u2019t viewed as serious or is considered just a phase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t see it as a problem,\u201d she explains. \u201cSociety doesn\u2019t see it as impacting their lives. A lot of times someone with an eating disorder, it\u2019s not their food that gets them into trouble, it\u2019s the medical complications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor an anorexic, all of a sudden they have heart problems, things of that nature, so the bells go off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., it\u2019s estimated that 30 million people will be impacted by an eating disorder at some point in their lives, with anorexia, bulimia and binge eating the most common.<\/p>\n<p>Balcomb also notes that the treatment for eating disorders needs to go beyond the plate, as there are often other co-occurring mental health issues or addictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe it alcohol, be it spending, be it drug, be it depression, be it self-harm issues &#8211; that\u2019s one that nobody ever wants to talk about,\u201d she states. \u201cWe truly try to treat the totality of the person and not just one behavior. You\u2019ve got to go into what is perpetuating the behavior. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>This past week was National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by John Michaelson\/TNS BUFFALO GAP, Texas &#8211; Like many other conditions, when it comes to eating disorders, early intervention is key to recovery for those struggling with these potentially life-threatening problems. Camela Balcomb, executive director of the Shades of Hope treatment center in central Texas, says only a small percentage of those with eating disorders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3356,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions\/3356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}