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The Opportunity of a Lifetime – Eating Disorder Treatment Just for Athletes
Healthy minds are equally as important as healthy bodies in achieving optimal performance in sport. Helping clients to understand that eating disorder treatment is just as integral to their athletic trajectory as physical therapy is after an ACL tear can help athletes to feel less shame in seeking support.
Advice for Loved Ones from Our Past Eating Disorder Clients
Here are some helpful tips for loved ones supporting someone through recovery.
Teachers Need and Deserve Eating Disorder Treatment, Too
As a teacher, I am first an adult in their lives setting an example, and then a teacher of a subject. Our students need us healthy; get that eating disorder support you've been delaying this summer break. Your students will thank you for it.
Racing to Recovery – Ben’s Story
Professional cyclist Ben Frederick developed an eating disorder when he was forced to stop competing after a traumatic brain injury. Ben shares his story of perseverance and strength as he learned to navigate a life beyond his eating disorder.
Is Silicon Valley’s Newest ‘Wellness’ Trend Disordered Eating?
Silicon Valley tech moguls are touting the effects of essentially starving the brain using intermittent fasting techniques that they are calling "BioHacking." Eating disorder professionals worry about the impact these 'lifestyles' can have on vulnerable populations.
What is Orthorexia Nervosa? 4 Things You May Not Know
Orthorexia is classified by extreme healthy eating, rigid food rules and can be accompanied by excessive exercise, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and other anxiety disorders.
The Problem with Media’s History of Using Eating Disorders as Satire
The harmful ways that popular media tends to portray eating disorders are perpetuating stigmas that are actually getting in the way of people accessing and seeking support.
Getting Eating Disorder Support – 7 Common Barriers
To better connect those who may be hesitant to seek eating disorder support, we sought help from some of the brilliant minds of those in our partial hospitalization program. Below are some of the common obstacles in seeking support– as reported by our patients – and what they have learned since taking that brave first step toward healing.
Come As You Are – What Does This Year’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week Theme Mean to YOU?
Everyone who lives with any kind of eating disorder or food disturbance deserves specialized support – regardless of what you look like, who you are, how you identify or what stage of recovery you are in.
Jackie Evancho Opens Up About Her Eating Disorder
Previous Americas Got Talent winner, Jackie Evancho tells Good Morning America about how growing up in the spotlight contributed to her development of an eating disorder and body dysorphia.