How to Know When ‘Healthy Eating’ Turns into Orthorexia

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Melanie Rogers Image Melainie Rogers, MS, RDN, CDN, CEDRD Eating Disorder Hope: Welcome to today’s #EDHchat! Today we will be tweeting with @melainierogers how to know when healthy eating turns into orthorexia. Eating Disorder Hope: Please welcome Melainie Rogers, Founder of BALANCE ED Treatment Center @BALANCEedtc Eating Disorder Hope: Melainie will be tweeting as @melainierogers Eating Disorder Hope: [...]
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How to Use ED Treatment as Launch to a Stronger Family

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Stronger Family Smiling After family-based therapy Contributor: Michelle Wells, The Meadows Ranch When my friend told me that her teenage daughter entered an intensive outpatient program for the treatment of anorexia, I hugged her, and then I congratulated her. “This is great news,” I said. A surprising response, maybe, but it was heartfelt. I encouraged her and celebrated because I knew [...]
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Teen Athletes & Anorexia: Concerns for Parents and Coaches

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Teen female athlete struggling with anorexia Teen athletes who are dealing with anorexia nervosa face considerable challenges with their physical and mental well-being. Parents and coaches who are more involved with a teenage athlete can play an instrumental role in awareness and early interventions, particularly as many of the signs of an eating disorder can be easily overlooked or seen as [...]
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Social Isolation & Anorexia in Teenagers

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Teen with an eating disorder on a trail Eating disorders worldwide have “practically doubled over the last 20 years, and ha(ve) been the highest in adolescence [1].”  It is during this transitionary period that teens begin to notice and internalize societal beliefs related to weight and appearance and show concern with body image [1]. At this time, teen’s social interactions with peers and [...]
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Making Eating Disorder Recovery Part of Your Meaningful Life

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Woman struggling with bulimia looking at lake Contributor: Emily Keehn, M. Ed., LPC, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Specialist for Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. What Is A Meaningful Life A meaningful life. What is it? Maybe, it is something we dream about one day; maybe, it is something we expect to happen anyway, or maybe it is something we just believe could not [...]
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Eating Disorder Treatment & Families in the Recovery Process

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Stronger Family Smiling After family-based therapy The role of family can be extremely helpful in the eating disorder treatment process. Looking at alternative models, such as the Maudsley Model, families can take an active lead in the treatment of the child family member who has either anorexia or bulimia. In more traditional eating disorder treatment, the family is seen as part [...]
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