Blogs
Mother’s Day: Mothers, Daughters and Eating Disorders
Mothers have a significant impact on their daughter’s emotional well-being, self-esteem, and eating habits. Every daughter watches her mother and takes…
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Comparing and Contrasting Anorexia Nervosa and Orthorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa and orthorexia nervosa share the same Greek root word, “rexia” meaning, “hunger.” However, these disorders are drastically different from…
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Common Myths About Eating Disorders: Debunked
Eating disorders are serious diseases that have the highest mortality rate out of all mental health disorders. At least 30 million…
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Orthorexia and Control
“I often feel like I have little control over anything in my life and what happens to me.” Most therapists come…
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#DumpTheScales: A Campaign to End the Use of BMI in ED Treatment
Body Mass Index (BMI) is an outdated and weight-centric way to monitor an individual’s health. Despite this fact, it is still…
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Five Statistics of Anorexia Nervosa and It’s Consquences
Eating disorders are one of the most common issues experienced by people all over the world, but often the least talked…
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Warning Signs of Orthorexia Nervosa
Orthorexia nervosa is a disordered eating pattern that is characterized by the need to eat “clean” and “pure” foods to the…
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Longstanding Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is a life-threatening eating disorder that is characterized by a distorted sense of body image, the inability to maintain…
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Eating Disorder Advocacy: How You Can Help
Eating Disorder Advocacy Eating disorders affect 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States and although they affect…
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I am Maris: Healing from Anorexia Nervosa
I am Maris I am Maris is a recently released dark and creative documentary about a young high school girl who…
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