Body Positive Celebrities and Their Impact

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African American Black Woman with Flowers in Her Hair Ever felt insecure about your body after scrolling through celebrity social media accounts, browsing a magazine rack, or watching the Oscars? You’re not alone. One study examined the effect celebrity social media accounts have on adolescents, finding that exposure to “perfect” pictures of “perfect” celebrities significantly increases body image dissatisfaction and a drive to be [...]
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Developing Healthy Body Confidence Among Adolescent Girls

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African American Black Woman in Blue Sweater Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Negative body image or poor body confidence can put adolescent girls at risk for numerous negative outcomes, including the development of eating disorders, depression, and other mental or behavioral health concerns. According to a 2018 study in the Journal of Eating Disorders, body dissatisfaction is “one of [...]
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Disordered Exercise, Eating Disorders and Sports Therapy

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Female athlete stretching Disordered exercise is one possible symptom of an eating disorder. This symptom is most common in individuals with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. While exercise is beneficial for mental and physical health, abuse of exercise can be physically and emotionally damaging [1]. Some signs of disordered exercise include compulsive exercise (exercising even if sick or [...]
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COVID-19 and Online College: A Good Time to Seek ED Treatment

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College student reading a book on Poly-substance Abuse The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone’s life in one way or another. With the school year upon us, it’s created an entirely new normal for many students around the world. A June 2020 report revealed 97 percent of college students enrolled in a 4-year institution before March 1st of 2020 had switched to online instruction [...]
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Anorexia Nervosa: 2020 Research on Long Term Outcomes, Growth Retardation, and Other Medical Consequences

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Girl thinking about Spirituality Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and others, have increased in prevalence over the past 25 years. While experts have discussed changes in ideal body image, manufactured foods, and obesity as root causes, these remain puzzling diseases of unknown, but complex bio-psycho-social etiology. Research has made amazing [...]
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Emotional Difficulties in Eating Disorders and Recognizing and Processing Them

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Nature Road Through Redwood National Park It is a very human trait to believe that we are in complete control of our thoughts and behaviors. In reality, a situation will occur that results in an automatic thought, corresponding emotion, and subsequent behavior. We can gain control over this process. However, when dealing with emotional difficulties in eating disorders, it is an [...]
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Finding Eating Disorder Support When You Live in a Rural Area

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Friends are Factors in Anorexia Treatment Living in a rural area has wonderful benefits of community, nature, and a slower pace. Unfortunately, there can also be drawbacks, and one of these is the challenge of receiving specialized treatment for more specific disorders, such as eating disorder support. Current treatment guidelines recommend a multi-faceted approach involving medical doctors, mental health specialists, and [...]
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Harm Reduction, COVID-19, and Eating Disorders

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Woman struggling with eating disorder during COVID-19 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our society and disrupt our everyday lives, individuals struggling with disordered eating beliefs and behaviors report feeling more challenged than ever. The circumstances of COVID-19 have created a perfect storm of triggers for those already fighting for their lives and working toward harm reduction. Grocery shopping, which is [...]
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