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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: What to Do When the Mirror Lies

Woman standing by river with Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Body Dysmorphic Disorder or BDD is a disorder that develops from poor self-esteem, distorted body image, and a slowly developing obsession with one or more aspects of the body that [...]
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Serena Williams Addresses Body Image in a Letter to Her Mom

Serena Williams has long been an inspiration to women. For over 20 years, she has fought back against racism, sexism, and body-shamers while excelling at her craft on the tennis [...]
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Sticking to Your Meal Plan While Battling Body Image Issues

Contributor: Stephanie Ceranec, Med, LCPC, Eating Disorder Program Coordinator, Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. Eating disorders manifest in myriad ways due to a variety of reasons. One component they all [...]
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Top 5 Ways to Boost Body Image in Recovery

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Improving your body image is typically one of the hardest parts when recovering from an eating disorder. It is also usually the last focus within the therapeutic process. This is [...]
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Clothes Shopping Struggles: Building a Recovery-Focused Wardrobe

Contributor: Elizabeth Haldeman, MS, OTR/L is the Occupational Therapy (OT) Coordinator at The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt What do a person’s clothes have to do with eating [...]
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Eating Disorders Rampant on the Runway

The average runway model is more than 5 inches taller and weighs up to 56 pounds less than the average woman in America [1, 2]. The discrepancy between these two [...]
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How Children’s Body Confidence Can Start at Home

I remember the first time I felt self-conscious about my appearance. I was four, and my cousin Thomas proceeded to make fun of the birthmark on my butt cheek, which [...]
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How to Support a Friend Struggling with Body Image in Recovery

The eating disorder recovery community is vast and supportive, creating a safe and inclusive environment for those in all stages of recovery. To be a part of this community means [...]
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Impact of Fat-Shaming and Fat Talk in Social Media

Thanks to the rampant access to technology and widespread use of social media, talk of food, dieting, and exercise has proliferated. Popular social media sites, such as twitter, facebook, and [...]
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What to Tell Your Friend Who Wants to Lose Weight

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Weight loss is a topic that has become highly normalized. Those of us in the body image and eating disorder recovery sphere cringe at casual diet and weight loss remarks, [...]
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