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New Study Seeks Solutions for Binge Eating
BY JULIE TWELLMAN
STAFF WRITER
Delicious. Succulent. Juicy. Tasty.
All positive adjectives for that life
sustainer, food. But yummy though it is,
there are many people who have problems
with eating. Some people start eating and
just can’t stop, while others binge and then
purge. Many even keep themselves from
eating in an effort to lose weight.
Heather Allen, a graduate student from
Duiham who is currently researching binge
eating disorders for the clinical psychology
department, said many eating disorders
often start at a young age, when a person is
beginning high school or starting college.
“These days, young women especially
are getting messages from the media and
advertisements telling them to be thinner
than is biologically realistic,” Allen said.
“The ideal right now is, regrettably, Kate
Moss, and it’s really not a good idea for
, other girls to think that they can or should
Jhave her figure.”
J Statistically, more women than men
jhave problems with eating disorders.
KINNAIRD
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cared about our students and recognized
that they are a viable part of our population
that needs to be provided for.”
Her style of government is perhaps best
revealed by her own opinion of her high
points in office, which she considers her
work with the Carr Court neighborhood.
When an elderly constituent contacted her
about the neighborhood’s decrepit state
and rampant drug problems, Kinnaird vis
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borhood and anew community center built
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Ninety-five percent of persons diagnosed
with anorexia nervosa, a disorder where
victims deny themselves food in order to
lose weight, are women.
Higher percentages of women are also
diagnosed with anorexia bulimia, a disor
der which involves binging on large
amounts of food and then purging by vom
iting or using laxatives.
Binge eating is a newly recognized eat
ing disorder which has a higher percentage
of male sufferers than the other recognized
disorders. The difference between binge
eating disorder and anorexia bulimia is
that bulimic persons purge after overeating
and binge eaters do not.
According to Allen, binge eaters usu
ally follow one of two paths. The first
involves women and men who have prob
lems with binging and gain weight over a
period of years, only to end up at weight
treatment centers later in life. The second
group of people tend to eventually turn
into bulimics.
Allen also said there are many reasons
why so many people fall into problems
with food. People want to look good, so
given to the Americorps program. She said
that he hedged along party lines, saying
that the program was an example of federal
bureaucrats in action.
“That’s where politics is sick on the
national level,” she said. “To me it is infu
riating that they are so removed from the
local level and the local level needs.”
Kinnaird said she didn’t consider her
position as a woman in local politics to be
much of a big deal. “On a local level,
women are so involved that I don’t even
think it’s even a question,” she said. “I
don’t think people even think about the
difference between men and women.”
And she has little worries that the recent
Republican resurgence across the country
will slow down women’s advancement. “I
think you’re going to see women working
their way all the way up,” she said.
Working up was tougher for Kinnaird.
She went back to school at NCCU to get
her law degree while in office, because she
never had the chance in her college years.
“Beingbroughtupinthe 19505, women
were either teachers or librarians or nurses
or musicians, and I was a musician,”
Kinnaird said. “So finally I decided I was
FUTURES
they diet. Then they feel like they have
been punishing themselves, so they splurge
on a craved food.
Often a person’s poor self-esteem or
negative feelings lead to overeating, Allen
said. She added that the loss of self-control
associated with binge eating usually leads
to even lower self-esteem.
“When encountering stressful situa
tions, many people tend to take out their
frustrations on their bodies,” Allen said.
“Most usually follow their cravings and go
after the sweets, like chocolate cake and
brownies; but even if these people were
eating fresh fruits and salads, the quantity
of food they consume when they binge still
wouldn’t be healthy.”
Allen said most people leam from birth
to eat at mealtimes and not in between, and
they tend to respond better to the clock
than to their own bodily clues. This habit
can be detrimental if people force them
selves to eat when they’re not hungry.
Her study will focus on retraining people
in lifestyle problem-solving, as well as how
to get back in touch with the physiological
cues of hunger and fullness. According to
going to do what I wanted to.”
“It was a killer,” she said of law school.
“But I have no regrets. It’s something I
always wanted to do.”
Her law degree has enabled her to work
with North Carolina Prisoner Legal Ser
vices, Inc. as a civil lawyer.
For the future, Kinnaird sees a local
government consumed with the problem
of outside interests trying to develop the
rapidly expanding area. “How we manage
growth is probably the most important
thing facing this area,” she said. “We’re
trying to keep our identity as a small town,
which may be impossible.”
And she also sees the specter of race
inequality looming over the nation as a
whole. “I think that’s the most serious
problem facing us on all levels,” she said.
She said she was worried that the recent
nationwide conservative swing will have a
negative impact on the country’s blacks,
who she feels will have a tougher time
improving their status in the political scene.
When her last term as mayor expires
this winter, Kinnaird is thinking of run
ning for the state Senate, although she said
there are many obstacles in her way. And
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Allen, losing touch with these signals is
common among people who diet often.
In addition to Allen’s therapy group,
the Wellness Resource Center will also be
continuing its confidential peer support
group for persons with anorexia nervosa
and related disorders this year.
Donna Woody, the secretary for the
Wellness Resource Center, said the group
takes a health-centered angle in trying to
solve the problem.
“We try to see it from the nutritional
point of view and help people consider
their health in an effort to eat better,”
Woody said. “We do not take the psycho
logical standpoint.”
This is the sixth year for the Wellness
Resource Center’s support group. Woody
said its best feature is that “it is always
facilitated by an experienced member of
the group who is also recovering from an
eating disorder.”
Anyone interested in the support group
or participating in Allen’s study is encour
aged to get in touch with the Wellness
Resource Center or the clinical psychology
department.
even when Mayor Kinnaird becomes just
Citizen Kinnaird, she doesn’t think there
will be much of a change.
“No, I’ll still be involved,” she said. “I
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