Plant-based lifestyles, such as Vegetarianism and Veganism, are marketed as a method for bettering the environment, stopping animal cruelty, and improving your health. For someone struggling with an eating disorder, this lifestyle may cater to behaviors of restriction or food avoidance. Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified) are usually [...]
Family-based eating disorder treatment is proven to be beneficial and research continues to explore how it can be used to support anorexia nervosa treatment and recovery. For teens struggling with anorexia nervosa, it is common practice to involve the family in treatment. Family dynamics play an important role in the beliefs and behaviors developed by [...]
Eating disorders (ED) are complex bio-psycho-social illnesses impacting a person’s physiological and psychological health and wellbeing. As such, successful ED treatment typically requires a collaborative approach by a team of specialists (e.g., medical doctors, psychiatrists, therapists, nutritionists and more). One important member of the interdisciplinary ED treatment team is the nutritionist or registered dietitian. Unfortunately, [...]
Eating disorders are not exclusive to Western cultures and various global and local aspects are increasing their prevalence in South Korea. Eating disorders are mistakenly perceived as the consequences of Western ideals related to beauty and appearance. This leads to beliefs that eating disorders are only experienced in Westernized cultures. In reality, emphasis on the [...]
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious illness that, if left untreated, can lead to severe medical complications or even death. While long-term outcomes of AN are highly variable, studies show that roughly 10 percent of AN patients will die from the illness [1], and approximately 20 percent will remain chronically ill [2], [3]. The good [...]
Synopsis While many people do not recognize it, marching band artists are athletes as well as performance artists and, therefore, are at increased risk of eating disorders. 27,000 individuals are involved in competitive marching bands in the United States but the physical exertion and mental stress they experience is not often talked about [1]. This [...]
Research continues to increase our understanding of food addiction as a concept across cultures. Food addiction is a controversial topic but one that is important to continue examining. It is essential to not only consider the concept itself but how we measure this concept across the world. What is “Food Addiction?” It is necessary to clarify [...]
Radically open Dialectical Behavior Therapy may provide targeted treatment for those struggling with anorexia nervosa and overcontrol. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has proven to be effective in supporting the treatment of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa. As researchers learn more about the effectiveness of this treatment modality, new variations of DBT are also being [...]
It is not uncommon for there to be at least one scale in households across America and, every day, individuals jump on them, see a number, and make inferences that have nothing to do with that number. Inferences about their worth, their value, their lovability, their likelihood of achieving happiness and success. This tendency is [...]
Binge eating disorder (BED) wasn’t recognized as an official disorder until the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in 2013. At this time, the DSM-5 characterized BED as “recurrent episodes of binge eating,” which involves “eating, in a discrete period of time, an amount of food that is definitely larger [...]
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