By Susan Burton — 2020
“Diet” is a strange word, used to describe both a deviation from the norm and the norm itself: the foods that make up a day, a week, a lifetime.
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The defining characteristic of binge eating disorder is recurrent episodes of binge eating that occur, on average, at least once per month (for at least 3 months). Binge eating is eating an abnormally more amount of food than a person would normally eat in a similar period of time.
New research sheds light on bias in research and treatment.
Bulimia is an eating disorder that stems from a loss of control over eating habits and a longing to stay thin. Many people associate the condition with throwing up after eating. But there is much more to know about bulimia than this one symptom
One thing they fail to mention Had the biggest effect on me. You see, bulimia is a thief.
I am a graduate student in Marriage and Family Therapy. When I start seeing clients, I’m going to shove meditation down their throats like I used to shove whole cheesecakes down mine during my struggle with bulimia.
This weekend I found my journal from when I started my recovery from bulimia.
My struggle with a binge eating disorder began at age 12. What followed were years of shame, lies, weight fluctuations and, at one particularly desperate moment, maternity clothes.
How Buddhist teachings on mindfulness and self-acceptance helped me with my struggle with bulimia.
Self care supports to reduce purging behaviors.
"The assumption that eating disorders primarily affect young, affluent white women was based on research that was conducted on young, affluent white women."