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Food, My Frenemy

By Jen Gunter — 2018

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.

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Bulimia and the Brain: How Is Neurobiology a Factor?

The field of neurobiology and eating disorders is one that is being continually studied and understood.

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Eating Disorders Don’t Discriminate: Everyone Deserves Timely Care

Society has also conditioned us to believe eating disorders afflict only young, white, thin, and affluent women. But in reality, they can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, or weight.

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How Eating Disorders Develop in Athletes

Athletes tend to be highly competitive and disciplined individuals who go to great lengths to excel in their sports.

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Underdiagnosed Male Eating Disorders Are Becoming Increasingly Identified

After his coaches replaced him as starter goalie with a newly-recruited player, Davis decided to get in peak physical condition: all muscle, no fat. He wanted to prove himself to coaches. He ate less and less; he worked out more and more. He lost almost 30 lbs and was eating 500 calories a day.

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Why Athletes Develop Eating Disorders

Learn why eating disorders tend to occur in athletes, and what you can do to recognize and get help for sports-related anorexia and bulimia.

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Smash the Wellness Industry

Why are so many smart women falling for its harmful, pseudoscientific claims? At its core, wellness demonizes calorically dense and delicious foods.

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How Alanis Morissette Beat Her Eating Disorder

Alanis Morissette struggled with eating disorders in her teens and 20s. But then she discovered how good it felt to treat her body right—and this fall she ran a marathon to prove it. Here, Morissette opens up about her long, winding road to becoming healthy.

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15 Things to Remember When You Love a Person with an Eating Disorder

Supporting someone with an eating disorder can be challenging, but it can make a huge difference in your loved one’s recovery.

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9 Ways to Help a Friend with an Eating Disorder

Lend your support without adding more stress.

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How to Help Someone with an Eating Disorder

Thoughts on doing more good than harm when someone you care about is ill.

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