Overlooking the physical impact that substance use disorder has had on our bodies will exacerbate disordered eating and poor mental health. As many as 72% of women with alcohol use disorder also have an eating disorder.
Tag: eating disorders
Weight Watchers Criticized For Kids “Diet” App
Critics claim that the app’s focus on categorizing food could lead to disordered eating in children.
How Eating Disorders Present In Teen Boys
Doctors and parents may miss the signs of disordered eating in younger men because ED assessment tools are geared towards women.
Study: Tinder Users More Likely To Have Eating Disorders
Though men were more likely across the board to engage in any single unhealthy weight control behaviors, women were more likely to have practiced all of them.
You Are What You Eat: How Chemicals in Food Affect Your Mood
Low-nutrient foods, plentiful in the American diet, are made of ingredients which can cause the same effects in the brain as mind-altering substances.
What Is Drunkorexia?
Experts discuss the relatively new disorder and the way it affects the body and mind.
Disney Alum Alyson Stoner Opens Up About Anxiety, Anorexia
The “Step Up” star got candid about her battle with anorexia and the rehab stay that saved her life in a recent interview.
Binge Eating Now Most Common Eating Disorder In US
Binge eating disorder is more common than schizophrenia, HIV and breast cancer. Binge eating is now the most common of all eating disorders, despite the fact that it has only been recognized as a specified eating disorder since 2013. According to Cooking Light, there are three times more cases of binge eating disorder (BED) than… Continue reading Binge Eating Now Most Common Eating Disorder In US
Actress Lily Collins Details Bulimia Battle In New Memoir
Collins reveals in her new autobiography how divorce played in a role in her eating disorder. British actress Lily Collins has published a new memoir in which she addresses a long and debilitating struggle with an eating disorder during her teenaged years. Collins, who is the daughter of rock veteran Phil Collins and the star… Continue reading Actress Lily Collins Details Bulimia Battle In New Memoir
The Other White Powder: My Addiction to Sugar
In that first meeting I went to for my sugar addiction, I heard others admit to doing the same things I did. Sneaking. Lying. Throwing food in the bin to halt a binge only to come back later and fish it out to eat. It was right in front of my face but I couldn’t… Continue reading The Other White Powder: My Addiction to Sugar
