Generally, friends and family members are encouraged to change the way they talk about food, their relationship to food, weight, and their relationship to weight or body image. Often this challenge… Read More ›
Category: Eating Disorders
Is Orthorexia An Eating Disorder Focused On Healthy Eating?
Orthorexia is a new term for eating disorders. Today, “clean eating” has become a popular lifestyle trend, bringing many people to a new level of health they have… Read More ›
Picky Eating Taken To The Extreme: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder is not anorexia nervosa and it isn’t orthorexia nervosa either. The eating disorder which causes people to have an extreme amount of pickiness over… Read More ›
Brain Stimulation Can Turn Binge Eating On And Off, Research Finds
Scientists recently discovered that activating specific neurons in the brain induces binge eating. The study was conducted to investigate the mechanisms behind binge eating behaviors which can become common… Read More ›
“Thinspired” Social Media Causes Trouble For Eating Disorders
We live in an immensely voyeuristic and exhibitionist world thanks to social media. At first, with a simple post using words of how we were doing, we could create small statements to describe… Read More ›
Beware Of Social Media And Eating Disorder Trends, Latest “Rib cage Bragging” Hashtag
Any trend on social media which exaggerates ideals of perfectionism, beauty, and harmful health habits should be considered dangerous. Facebook and Instagram have taken great strides in recent years to combat… Read More ›
Binge Eating Disorder Is Different From Overeating
Overeating is a compulsive issue which can bring many health issues, emotional issues, and even issues in relationships to a person’s life. Twelve step groups have been created to help people… Read More ›
Will I Ever Be Able To Just Love My Body (And Myself)?
If there is one thing most people going to treatment for an addiction or mental health disorder have in common it’s a shared trait of low self-esteem. Guilt, shame, and long standing personal beliefs have created core perceptions about the… Read More ›
Exercise Addiction Shouldn’t be Overlooked
Though exercise addiction is not listed as a diagnosable condition, it does affect people when it becomes a problem. What Causes Exercise Addiction? Mental health issues like a compulsive need to exercise despite negative consequences to the body have deep… Read More ›
Social Media, Pictures Of Food, And Weight Gain
In 2015, a study published in Brain and Cognition examined the reaction of the brain to images of food on social media platforms like Instagram. 63% of the news feeds scrolled through by devoted users of social media are filled… Read More ›
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