by Rebecca Stetzer RD CD | Feb 9, 2022 | Disordered Eating, Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorders & Prevention
The prevalence of eating disorders in teens has been on the rise over the past two decades. Due to the anxiety and stress unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence and severity of eating disorders is spiking even more, particularly in adolescents and young...
by Erica Leon | Nov 23, 2021 | Disordered Eating, Eating Disorder Recovery, Self Care
The Thanksgiving holiday can be filled with dread when you are working on recovery from an eating disorder or letting go of diets. Living in diet culture, we are surrounded by people inadvertently judging food choices, while at the same time commenting on their own...
by Erica Leon | May 8, 2021 | Body Image, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders
I am often asked about the difference between overeating, emotional eating, and binge eating disorder. So today I wanted to share with you the differences between each and talk a little more about Binge Eating Disorder in particular, as surprisingly, this is the most...
by Erica Leon | Jun 29, 2019 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery, Health at Every Size, Menopause
Fatphobia, or weight stigma as it is often referred to, impacts us all, but impacts people in larger bodies the most. We are a culture that equates *fat* with ill health, and often describes fat people as lazy, unintelligent, or sloppy. This diet culture that we live...
by Erica Leon | Apr 30, 2018 | Body Image, Eating Disorders
Are you calling for help when it comes to your food and body image? But struggling? Your family and friends do not always understand why you feel the way you do and eat the way you do when it comes to your nutrition. Judgement can derail us easily and have you...