Drunkorexia: Eating Disorder or Addiction?

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Woman with beer Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Circulating the media lately and becoming widespread around college campuses and universities, the term “drunkorexia” has been used more commonly. Used to describe the combined behaviors of restricting caloric intake in order to binge drink, drunkorexia has become [...]
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College and Learning How to Fit In Without Compromising Who You Are

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Lady at Lake in College and Learning about life In the age of selfies and social media, it is no wonder college and learning how to fit in is difficult especially with how the messages concerning body image have become skewed and distorted. Self-worth and acceptance are often interpreted through a number of photo likes, shares, retweets, and more. Coupled with the ongoing message [...]
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Overcoming Nutritional Deficiencies With Long Term Recovery

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Girl Exercising for Health Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope The abnormal behaviors associated with an eating disorder, such as restricting caloric intake, binging, purging, excessive exercise, use of diuretics or laxatives, chewing and spitting, etc. result in grave physical consequences on the body. A chaotic relationship with [...]
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Support Group Options For Males Dealing With Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Body dysmorphic disorder is a debilitating mental illness that impacts countless of individuals. People who struggle with BDD will typically experience an obsession with a perceived flaw, whether actual or imagined. This preoccupation with one’s appearance can lead [...]
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Effective Methods for Addressing Orthorexia in the Middle-Aged Adult

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Woman working with Eating Disorders and Exercise Contributor: Courtney Howard, B.A., Executive Assistant at Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope Though anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder (BED) often get the most attention from the media and researchers, a recent study [1] reports that the rate of other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) is almost as high among adolescents [...]
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Multitasking While in College In Eating Disorder Recovery: Benefits and Drawbacks

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College Students Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Look around you. Everyone today is multitasking – doing multiple things at once. It is not uncommon to see a person driving, while eating lunch and simultaneously scrolling their phone for the latest social media updates. We have [...]
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Causes of ARFID in the Pediatric Patient

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Pediatric patient Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope When it comes to eating disorders, it is easy to conjure stereotypes based on things that circulate in the media. Sadly, these types of stereotypes are what create dangerous misunderstanding about those who struggle with eating disorders. An [...]
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Milestones Associated with the Early Phases of Recovery from an Eating Disorder

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Woman with arms up Contributor: Courtney Howard, B.A., Executive Assistant at Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope You will encounter many milestones as you begin to navigate your new life in eating disorder recovery. This will undoubtedly be a difficult time filled with potential triggers, but also empowering and even fun to experience life without the confines of an [...]
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Treatment Options for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

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Woman struggling with body image and thinking about a Day in Eating Disorder Treatment On the surface, ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) can appear to be many things and is often oversimplified as “picky eating”. However, individuals who suffer with ARFID struggle with an inability to consume adequate caloric intake to sustain nourishment that is needed for proper growth or maintenance. ARFID pertains to specific subtypes of feeding disorders [...]
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Food Addiction Versus Binge Eating: What is the Difference?

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Woman sitting With the amount of misinformation circulating in the media and the frequent attempts to “self-diagnosis” by searching signs and symptoms that might be experienced, it is no wonder that there exists an extreme amount of confusion when it comes to eating disorders. This, unfortunately, contributes to the many stereotypes believed about these diseases and related [...]
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