The Origins of NAAFA (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance)
With the recent growing popularity of body positivity, it may be surprising to learn that body positivity itself is not a…
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How to Talk to Children About Food in a Healthy Manner
Children are like sponges – they soak in almost everything around them and then repeat the words they hear, mimic the…
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Depression and Self-Medicating with Food
Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa are closely linked to depression, which is a common…
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Are Eating Disorders Contagious?
Contagious disorders refer to communicable diseases that can be passed from one individual to another individual when the exchange of the…
Read MoreWhat Causes Bulimia Nervosa?
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that impacts an individual’s mental and physical health. Though we often visualize someone suffering with…
Read MoreVacationing and Traveling Abroad While in Eating Disorder Recovery
The smell of the ocean, taking in new sights and being embraced with different languages and cultures are some of the…
Read MoreBody Image Isn’t a Girl Thing
Think Again…Body Image Isn’t a Girl Thing When we are asked to describe male traits, what words usually come to mind?…
Read MoreAdele: Battling Body Shaming
Adele is Rolling in the Deep Battling Body Shaming “Look! Adele’s not eating pizza,” her fans say. “Adele just ate a…
Read MoreUS Athletes on Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues
Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues Among US Olympians Now a college coach, when she was young girl, Misty Hyman first…
Read MoreFighting Back Against Negative Body Image
ED Triggers: Fighting Back Against Negative Body Image Negative body image can be one of the initial triggers for an eating…
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