Diversity and Eating Disorders: Changing the Face of the Diagnosis

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Contributor: Marissa Edwards, Ph.D., at The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt Picture someone with an eating disorder. The image that probably popped into your head was a white, straight, thin, young woman, right? This is the description that has traditionally been thought to depict eating disorders, making many think that others who look [...]
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Grades & Body Weight – Is There a Correlation?

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Business Woman Girl in Black and White Stripe Dress Smiling Childhood and adolescence is a turbulent growth-period where, despite the many changes being experienced, kids are expected to engage consistently and successfully in schooling. Daily social, psychological, and physiological changes can make focusing on school and achieving good grades very difficult for these young minds, including body weight. One study considered that “children and adolescents [...]
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Fallout of the Pandemic Shutdown for Eating Disorders

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College Residential Advisor As more individuals are infected with COVID-19 than at the start of the pandemic, legislators are once again suggesting people lockdown. This second wave of COVID-19, and the corresponding return to lockdown, is devastating for the many who are being impacted socially, financially, mentally, and emotionally. With this pandemic, we are seeing an alarming increase [...]
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Eating Disorder Treatment Team & Credentials

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There are many fields in which individuals can proclaim themselves to be “specialists” without actually having the necessary credentials. If you think eating disorder treatment is not one of them, I hate to inform you that it is. Unfortunately, there is no strenuous regulation of nutritionists, dietitians, therapists, physical therapists, and even doctors who claim [...]
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Don’t Let Eating Disorder Recovery Lead to Excess Holiday Stress

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Girl struggling with eating disorder recovery over the holidays Contributor: Staff at Carolina House Even in a year as unusual as 2020, when our patterns have been disrupted and routines disturbed, you don’t have to look far to see signs that the holidays are coming. Neighbors putting up festive lights, workers hanging tinsel and decorating trees around town, and seasonal favorites blasting on the [...]
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Anxiety Can Fuel Eating Disorders in iGEN

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Woman using smartphone to access EDH Recent research shows both anxiety and eating disorders among the generation known as “iGEN” are on the rise, with evidence suggesting a direct link between anxiety and eating disorders. Who is iGEN? iGeneration, or “iGEN,” is a term used to describe individuals born between 1995 and 2012. Also called Generation Z and “Post Millenials,” iGEN [...]
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Is Grazing Detrimental in Resolving Overeating Issues?

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Woman struggling with grazing Despite our culture’s tendency to pose eating disorders as restrictive disorders only experienced by those in thin bodies, the truth is they involve a diverse array of eating behaviors and are experienced by individuals in all bodies. Disorders such as Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder are not restrictive disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa and [...]
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Male Professional Athletes & Eating Disorder: A Lesser Told Story

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Picture of Male Athletes with Eating Disorders The struggle of men with eating disorder diagnoses is a topic that is not spoken about enough. Male athletes in particular often struggle with eating disorder in silence. For many that struggle with mental illness, conversations that increase the visibility of their disorder help to normalize their pain and allow them to feel more comfortable [...]
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Modeling & Weight Stigma Concerns

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Woman in fashion show on runway The fashion industry is notorious for the perpetuation of unrealistic beauty standards. Discussion of this often revolves around how these standards impact the average citizen. However, this weight stigma also impacts those employed by this industry, particularly the models that are expected to be the walking examples of these standards. The Effect of Weight Stigma [...]
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