Although the platform bans content promoting dangerous weight loss, hashtags such as #skinnycheck can still be foundInstagram has attracted a firestorm after whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed internal research showing the platform downplayed ... [Continue Reading]
Healing emotional eating privately. 40-Days~Breaking The Spell of emotional eating
Beauties, My clients don’t always like to be seen, don’t always want to go public with the eating challenges.. And I wanted to offer another way, that would still be powerful, that would still offer relief and breakthroughs, in ways my ... [Continue Reading]
Codependence and emotional eating, plus calling hours for you!
I’m writing something on the relationship between codependence and emotional eating at my home-away-from-home coffee place that I really love. Where they know my name, and lovingly put up with my hard to hear voice and rasping… so kind ... [Continue Reading]
‘She opens the app and gets bombarded’: parents on Instagram, teens and eating disorders
Mothers describe their daughters’ dangerous experiences after whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimonyEarly in the Covid-19 pandemic, Michelle noticed her teenage daughters were spending substantially more time on Instagram.The girls were feeling ... [Continue Reading]
How Orthorexia and Today’s Diet Culture can Impact Recovery
Do you choose only foods labeled “clean” or “all natural”? Or, have you skipped out on a meal with friends because the menu wasn’t “healthy”? Have you found that your mind is consumed by food constantly? Whether it be a preoccupation with your next ... [Continue Reading]
Ballerina Georgina Pazcoguin: ‘We owe it to younger dancers not to stay silent’
In her new memoir, New York City Ballet’s first Asian-American soloist speaks out about racism and sexual bullying in ballet. Now she wants to overhaul the industry from withinWhen Georgina Pazcoguin was 19 years old, she went to see a doctor about ... [Continue Reading]
Beyond childhood: Picky eating in college students
Looking beyond the picky eating of childhood, researchers looked at this behavior in college students. Self-identified picky eaters ate significantly less fiber and vegetables and reported greater levels of social phobia than non-picky eaters, ... [Continue Reading]
Tom Daley on love, grief and health: ‘It was hammered into me that I needed to lose weight’
Fresh from winning gold in Tokyo, the diver answers readers’ questions on everything from gay role models to his passion for knitting and the secrets of his successTom Daley, Britain’s most decorated diver, grew up in the spotlight. He was 14 when he ... [Continue Reading]
‘The hardest point in recovery’: the long wait for eating disorder treatment
Lifestyle changes and Covid anxiety have caused a spike in eating disorders, and services are stretched. New treatment is on its way, but timing is crucialPheobe Ho of Como, a suburb of Perth, knows the power of the eating disorder voice. The ... [Continue Reading]
‘It took a year to get help’: generation Z on mental health decline
Technology and Covid lockdowns blamed for rise in eating disorders and insomnia among the youngIt was while browsing on social media at the age of 13 that Hannah realised she had an eating disorder. Seeing other girls and women talking about their ... [Continue Reading]
More than half of young people have trouble sleeping – NHS
Research by NHS Digital also shows eating problems among young in England almost doubling since 2017Children and young people are experiencing an epidemic of sleeping problems amid a sharp decline in their mental health triggered by the pandemic, ... [Continue Reading]
What makes me thankful? I grew up in a world before Instagram | Arwa Mahdawi
Facebook may have shelved its plans for an ‘Instagram for Kids’, but the photo-sharing app will continue to prompt complaints that it causes anxiety, depression and body image issues in teenage girlsSorry kids, no carefully curated data-extraction ... [Continue Reading]
One in five UK eating disorder patients forced to pay for private care
Families being forced to quit jobs and live off credit cards in order to support loved ones, report revealsOne in five patients with potentially life-threatening eating disorders are forced to pay for private care as part of their treatment, with ... [Continue Reading]
Muscling in at Muscle Beach: Haley Morris-Cafiero’s best photograph
‘I took this near where people work out for my guerrilla-style Wait Watchers series. When it went viral, I started getting hateful messages about my body’It all started when I took a self-portrait in Times Square, New York. After I got the film ... [Continue Reading]