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Black Eating Disorder Recovery and Anti-Diet Content Creators You Should Know: Part Two
If I were to ask you to conjure up an image of someone with an eating disorder, what would come to mind? For many of us, it’s an image of an emaciated, middle-class-or-higher white girl. Eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa, have long been viewed as a “skinny white girl” problem, at least predominantly.
Is Sugar Bad for You?
Sugar has been demonized in diet culture for the past several years, often being characterized with fear-mongering words like “toxic” or “poison”. Is sugar really as bad for you as you think?
How to Talk with Family Members Who Make Body Comments
Tired of facing body comments at Thanksgiving dinner or other family gatherings? Here’s how you can respond to family members who make body comments.
Is it Possible to Achieve Body Positivity?
Is body positivity possible? Instagram may make it look easy, but every body image journey and eating disorder recovery is unique.
3 Reasons Why Thin Doesn't Mean Healthy
Being thin is often equated with being healthy, but ‘thin’ and ‘healthy’ aren’t synonymous. ‘Fat’ and ‘healthy’ aren’t mutually exclusive. Health is determined by more than just body size.
Eating Disorder Professionals on How the Field Has Changed
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2022 See the Change Be the Change: How the eating disorder field has changed according to eating disorder therapists and dietitians.
Tips for Setting Realistic Body Image Goals
Loving your body after eating disorder recovery or body image issues is a lot to ask of yourself. Here are tips that will improve your body image and make you more resilient on bad body image days.
Instagram: "We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls."
There’s no doubt that Instagram is harmful to your body image. Here’s how you can build a healthy relationship with social media and protect your mental health.
Body Checking: What Is It and How Can You Avoid It?
Body checking and eating disorders go hand and hand. Here’s how you can work on limiting this obsessive behavior.
Make Peace With Your Body Through Intuitive Eating
We live in a culture that provides countless ways to question our worth and few ways to trust and love ourselves, including with our food. To overcome all these confusing messages about what and how much to eat, we can become intuitive eaters, which empowers you to listen to the natural cues of your body to determine when and what to eat, and enables you to make peace with food, your body, and yourself.

