BY Kathy Katella For some of us, weight is just a number on the bathroom scale. Others may wish they weighed less (or sometimes more) but don’t think all that much about it. For those with an eating disorder, however—a category that can include people of all shapes...
Written by Dr. Katie Patterson, PsyD, LPC, NCC Although the prevalence of eating disorders among athletes is high, they often go unnoticed by coaches, teammates, and the athlete themself. In part, this is due to the sport culture and “norms” related to nutrition,...
Should you go back to seeing your therapist in person? The rise of the Delta variant is complicating what was already a difficult decision for many. Nearly all outpatient mental health treatment moved online when the pandemic struck last year. As vaccines rolled out...
Written by: Christopher Gardner Read the original article here. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, in a pair of complementary studies, investigated eating disorders in Iraq and Afghanistan war-era veterans, a group thought...
Read the original article here. Eating disorder experts told Insider that "The Crown" left out key details in its portrayal of Princess Diana's experience with bulimia. The fourth season of the historical drama shows Diana (Emma Corrin) binge and purge during...
On December 10, TLC shared the trailer for its upcoming show "Hot and Heavy" that follows "mixed-weight couples," meaning one partner is heavier than the other. The release sparked criticism right away, in part because in each case, the woman is the heavier partner,...
By Body Image Staff In recent months, I’ve been interview for newspaper articles and blogs about the rise in interest in intermittent fasting in males. Intermittent fasting (IF) is the practice of refusing to eat for significant chunks of time to “bio-hack” one’s...
By Body Image Staff There was a commercial on during a football game this weekend I never saw before. It was for a phone app where people compete against strangers to win money by losing more weight than someone else. If there is a more awful and inappropriate...