In a filtered world, beauty feels urgent and unattainable. Narrow standards fuel low self-esteem and eating disorders, but ...
I can’t remember the day that I decided to start starving myself. I can’t remember if it was a particular day, specific event or a mounting of occurrences that spurred me into an eating disorder. Like ...
It is that time of year again. Time for Resolutions and lists for the New Year. Tricky for a person with an eating disorder since Resolutions and lists can feel like a bucket full of expectations, ...
Eating disorders among teenagers skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teens like Moorea Friedmann were isolated, spending more time in front of their computers watching movies and TV, where ...
When Mallary Tenore Tarpley was 11 years old, her mother died from breast cancer. Her father, who was reeling from his wife's death and at a loss to guide his daughter through puberty, gave Tarpley a ...
The last thing Chevese Turner needed was medication to help her lose weight. Twenty years into recovery from binge eating disorder and atypical anorexia, she was done trying to whittle her physique ...
Starting college should be an exciting time for a young student but Kezia Reeder didn't have the experience many 18 year olds yearn for. On paper, Reeder was set to thrive in the next chapter of her ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Chicago-based group offers support to those who are struggling with eating disorders from people who know what it’s like. “All of our programs are peer-led,” Jason Wood, ...
In A Nutshell Orthorexia is an obsession with “healthy” eating that can damage health and relationships. Because it looks ...
Eating disorders are complicated illnesses that skyrocketed among teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatrician Eva Trujillo says they... Eating disorder recovery in a world of diet culture ...