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Weight Stigma, COVID-19, & Disordered Eating

Woman standing by river with Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Recent research from the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity shows that young adults who experienced weight stigma prior to the pandemic have displayed higher levels of depressive symptoms, stress, and eating to cope. They are also three times more likely to binge [...]
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High Functioning Anxiety & Eating Disorders in Corporate America – Part III

In Parts I and II, we examined the beliefs and values of corporate America and how this can contribute to anxiety and anxiety disorders. The intensity of the American work ethic and corresponding stress and anxiety also leaves employees susceptible to eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors. Eating Disorders & Work Stress in Corporate America [...]
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High Functioning Anxiety and Eating Disorders in Corporate America – Part II

In Part I of this series, we discussed what the “culture of corporate America” is. Specifically, the tendency of Americans to work burdensome hours, eat lunch quickly at their desks, not use vacation days, answer work correspondence outside of working hours, and, in general, “living to work” as opposed to “working to live.” Such an [...]
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High Functioning Anxiety and Eating Disorders in Corporate America – Part I

Generalized anxiety disorder and eating disorders commonly co-occur, particularly when it comes to individuals that are high-achievers in school or their careers. All of these factors intertwine when it comes to corporate America, as success in this realm often requires high-achieving personalities. In this 3 part series, we will explore how the culture of corporate [...]
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Inpatient Weighing of those in Eating Disorder Treatment

The concept of weighing patients in eating disorder treatment must be dealt with sensitively. Due to the propensity this creates for turmoil among patients, there is a great deal of debate in the field regarding the particulars of weighing patients and whether or not their weight should be made known to them. Why Weighing is [...]
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Health Anxiety: The Interplay Between the Mind and Body

There is nothing quite like a mysterious new illness, turned pandemic, that can stir up anxiety about our health in even the most tranquil of us. Still, beyond the amplified worries of COVID-19, health anxiety, a continuous preoccupation of the state of the body, vulnerability to illness, and the possibility that one could fall victim [...]
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Be Your Best Advocate

Have you ever woken up one day thinking, “today I will have an eating disorder?” You probably haven’t. Many people who don’t have an eating disorder don’t understand. We don’t choose to have an eating disorder. However, we can choose recovery. I was 16 years old when I started struggling with what I thought was [...]
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How Eating Disorders Damage Teeth

Woman feeling shame from her eating disorder

Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions, but they also have a significant impact on physical health. Poor oral hygiene is one of the ways these conditions can physically manifest. If left untreated, these issues can lead to severe consequences for oral health, some of which may be irreversible.1 But with the right kind of [...]
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The Importance of Nurse-Engendered Interventions to Promote Hope in Patients with Eating Disorders

Contributor: Lisa M. Sabo, BSN, RN, PMHN-BC and Anna Lybarger, BSN, RN, PMHN-BC at Princeton Center for Eating Disorders Often, individuals with eating disorders come to treatment not ready for progress – and in some cases, even feeling like they don’t deserve to recover. The eating disorder may be perceived as the only tangible thing [...]
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Life Satisfaction & Eating Disorders

A recent study on life satisfaction (LS) among individuals with eating disorders (EDs) revealed the surprising truth about how eating disorders affect one’s outlook on life, plus uncovered new implications for ED treatment and care. What is Life Satisfaction? Life satisfaction (LS) was famously defined by Ruut Veenhoven, a Dutch sociologist and authority on the [...]
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