Eating disorders can be treated through medications, multiple types of therapy, and alternative treatments. Learn more about available options.
Black women aren’t getting the treatment they need when it comes to eating disorders and they are suffering in silence.
Eating disorders are serious medical illnesses that can cause grave physical problems, such as heart problems or kidney failure. Often, they are combined with other problems, such as stress, anxiet…
Research shows that eating disorders often correlate with substance abuse. This article talks about that correlation and how to find help for both issues.
Dealing with an eating disorder can be frustrating and tiring. Eating disorders are serious behavioural issues – they can be either severe overeating or eating extremely small amounts of food.
Fat shaming doesn’t have any positive outcomes, but it has plenty of negative ones. A study found that fat shaming leads to eating disorders for some girls.
Untreated eating disorders can lead to many serious physical and emotional complications
Read about the warning signs of eating disorders in teenagers.
Although clinicians (and medical professionals not specializing in eating disorders) often carry a lot of false beliefs about EDs, the public is even worse. Way worse. The portrayal of eating disor…