Helping You Break Free of Eating Disorders
Body image problems need to be taken seriously. And in 2024, now more than ever. Body image problems are one of the strongest risk factors for the development of an eating disorder, not to mention …
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If you’re wanting to keep up-to-date with the latest research and statistics related to binge-eating disorder (BED), then look no further. Here I wanted to take to the opportunity to highlight the …
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Every 62 minutes at least one person dies as a direct result from an eating disorder[ref]STRIPED Harvard. 2020. Report: Economic Costs Of Eating Disorders. [online] Available at: …
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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight due to persistent and chronic energy restriction, and body image distortions comprised of an intense fear of weight …
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Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating in combination with inappropriate compensatory behaviours (e.g., self-induced vomiting, laxative misuse). …
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Research, countless studies and tests have proven it over and over again. Highly restrictive dieting does not work. Dieting is potentially dangerous. In fact, only 5% of people on a restrictive …
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Anorexia and bulimia are two terms that get thrown around like they're one and the same. The lack of knowledge about these two eating disorders has led to many people being misdiagnosed, …
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Being able to tell the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating can sometimes be difficult. After all, there are no standardized definitions of disordered eating used in the …
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No one single medication will cure everyone with binge eating, but there is a growing awareness around the potential for drug therapies to help. Binge eating is defined as eating a very large …
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When you hear the term eating disorder, there’s a good chance you’re either thinking of bulimia nervosa or binge-eating disorder. There’s probably a good reason for this; both are the most common …
It should come as no surprise that mood and eating are highly related. Our mood states affect what and how much we eat, which in turn affects how we feel afterwards. This is very true of binge …
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Our understanding of body image has grown remarkably over the last 50 years. We now know the causes, consequences, and epidemiology of body image problems, and we’ve even developed novel ways to …
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Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder are the terms that come to mind when we think about eating disorders. While these three diagnostic categories encompass a lot of the …
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Enhanced cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT-E) is a specialized, manual-based, transdiagnostic treatment designed to target the mechanisms that maintain all of the eating disorders [ref]Fairburn, C. …
Most of us step on the scales or look in the mirror from time to time. Sometimes, this can be a helpful way to see whether our body has changed over a longer period of time. However, …
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Most people in their life have gone on some sort of diet to lose or modify their weight. In fact, it was estimated that 45 million Americans go on a diet each year! Although restrictive …
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The number of people worldwide actively dieting to lose weight is at an all-time high. With advancements in modern information technology, it’s now much easier to count calories or macro’s because …
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Disordered eating is a term you’ve no doubt heard used before. While it gets used in several different clinical, media, and research settings, many people struggle to understand what disordered …
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The novel coronavirus has deeply impacted daily lives all across the globe, with substantial physical and mental health effects. There’s been an explosion of research looking into the mental …
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Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) was first introduced in the DSM-5 as a specific type of feeding and eating disorder. Although ARFID was traditionally viewed as a feeding …
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