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. Learning what types of therapies work can be essential to rebuilding a person’s life to beRead More
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 one of the most difficult, dangerous, psychological disorders because they alsoRead More
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 into a dorm room. Without the same supervision they areRead More
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 considered to be primarily feminine. The truth is that eating disorders will affect aroundRead More
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 pop up in yourRead More
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 others is to bring knowledge to otherwise obscure mental health disorders, suchRead More
Eating disorders affect 8 percent of the American population which comes to 3 percent of the total world population. Scary to think that many of these persons that struggle with an eating disorder fall under the radar because of their obscure signs and symptoms. The more obvious clues that someone is grappling with an eatingRead More
Specific eating disorders that are reported on and are often considered the three major eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder. There are a few other eating disorders that can be harmful to persons that act on them, but have not had as much exposure publicly. The less-promulgated eating disorders canRead More
Eating disorders are a condition that can plague women and men causing a severe hindrance when it comes to a person’s eating habits. Being underweight is usually the stigma of an anorexic and bulimic, while the stigma for binge eater is being overweight. To clear up any misconceptions, there are people that have eating disordersRead More
