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Body Image & Eating Comparison with Models in Advertisements

African American Black Woman in pink dress

Research has shown time and time again that the media significantly influences people’s body image [1]. Media sources include magazines, social media, television, movies, and advertisements. Media is constantly flooding [...]
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Russell Brand’s Battle with an Eating Disorder

Russell Brand has talked openly about his mental health struggles, including his struggle with bulimia [1]. It can be helpful for celebrities to talk about their struggles with mental health [...]
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Online Screening for Eating Disorders

Man using online screening IOI-S to check for signs of an eating disorder

Research shows that when individuals with eating disorders seek professional help in the early stages of their illness, they are two times more likely to achieve remission [1]. Conversely, the [...]
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Rock Recovery: A Unique Nonprofit Bridging Gaps to help People Find Freedom from Eating Disorders

Founded in 2009, Rock Recovery was created to bring people from darkness into light, from anxiety to peace, from hopelessness to hope, from isolation to community, from misinformed to educated, [...]
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Best Practices of the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders

Eating disorders (ED) are complex bio-psycho-social illnesses that can have severe, sometimes life-threatening, effects on a person’s mental and physical health and wellbeing. Despite the severity and complexity of eating [...]
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Diversity and Eating Disorders: Changing the Face of the Diagnosis

Contributor: Marissa Edwards, Ph.D., at The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt Picture someone with an eating disorder. The image that probably popped into your head was a white, [...]
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Grades & Body Weight – Is There a Correlation?

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Childhood and adolescence is a turbulent growth-period where, despite the many changes being experienced, kids are expected to engage consistently and successfully in schooling. Daily social, psychological, and physiological changes [...]
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Fallout of the Pandemic Shutdown for Eating Disorders

As more individuals are infected with COVID-19 than at the start of the pandemic, legislators are once again suggesting people lockdown. This second wave of COVID-19, and the corresponding return [...]
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Eating Disorder Treatment Team & Credentials

There are many fields in which individuals can proclaim themselves to be “specialists” without actually having the necessary credentials. If you think eating disorder treatment is not one of them, [...]
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Don’t Let Eating Disorder Recovery Lead to Excess Holiday Stress

Girl struggling with eating disorder recovery over the holidays

Contributor: Staff at Carolina House Even in a year as unusual as 2020, when our patterns have been disrupted and routines disturbed, you don’t have to look far to see [...]
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