Nearly 30 million Americans suffer from an eating disorder, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD). People who struggle with eating disorders die at a higher rate than those with other mental health disorders....
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These Tools Might Help You Battle an Eating Disorder
Battling an eating disorder is mostly about the emotional and physical challenges that people face who struggle with food: smells, sights, and sounds that trigger the body’s natural response to want to eat yet fight back against it in the mind. Eating disorders are...
The Fear of the Freshman Fifteen Turning into an Eating Disorder
This year over 21 million students will attend college in the fall which leads students into a new environment of classes, friends, and activities. For those who just finished high school, they may move out of a stable environment with their parents and go straight...
What Should I Do if My Son Has an Eating Disorder?
Our society automatically assumes that females are the only gender that suffers from eating disorders. This misconception can pose a disservice for males who have manifested eating disorders. They often get overlooked or are embarrassed with having a disorder that is...
What is a Social-Media Induced Eating Disorder?
Everywhere you look on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter you may see ads of health regimens that can show you how to look better, feel better, or eat better. Once you click on one of these sponsored ads when your interest is peaked, you may see more and more of the ads...
What is ARFID Anorexia?
Eating disorders come in all forms. With the main eating disorders being anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating, there are variations of these disorders along with certain eating disorders that may not have been heard of before. The best way to help...
Men and Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are nothing new to our society. In the 1980’s and 1990’s eating disorders showed an incline in anorexia and bulimia, but the statistics have remained mostly steady since then. While these eating disorders are mostly associated with the stereotypical...