When people think about eating disorders, they often imagine an emaciated girl with anorexia – or perhaps a young white girl battling the treacherous cycles of bulimia. While those ideas can sometimes be accurate, the truth is, you don’t have to be young, female, or even thin to suffer from an eating disorder. Furthermore, although […]
Category Archives: Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders in the Military: The Secret War Our Soldiers Are Fighting
As reported by ABC news on February 8, 2012, Jenifer Beaudean’s bulimia began when she was a third-year cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. She felt pressure from her family, school and peers to “make the uniform look good,” she said this, understandably, affected her self-image.Beaudean recalls that at a […]
Levels of Care for Eating Disorder Treatment: What is the best fit for me?
Blog contributed by: Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC and Crystal Karges, RDN, IBCLC of Eating Disorder HopeEntering treatment for an eating disorder is the first step toward finding healing, recovery and well being. Once you have made the decision to begin treatment however, how do you decide what level of treatment is best for you? Navigating […]
When Relatives Talk Fat: Eating Disorders and Holiday Dinner Conversation
The holidays are a time for conversation, tradition, special foods, and family. For those battling an eating disorder, however, the holidays can be an incredibly different and overwhelming experience. What is typically a happy and joyous time meant for celebration can quickly become a nightmare, provoking old eating disorder habits and testing and challenging recovery.From […]
Why We Think It’s a Bad Idea for Michelle Obama to Appear on “The Biggest Loser”
By Lisa S. Kantor, Esq. & Rachel TeicherNBC’s popular reality show, The Biggest Loser, has returned for its 15th season. The message in the show is clear: significant weight loss is good, fat is bad. While many people find this show to be wildly entertaining, we can’t help but be horrified by the deliberate display […]
What We Wish Insurance Companies Knew About Weight and Eating Disorders
Below are a few examples of denials that our clients have received from their insurance company. These clients (and countless others) have all been adversely affected by an insurance company’s misunderstanding of what it means to be treated for, and recover from an eating disorder, an insurance company’s misdirected and harmful attention to weight, and […]
Resistance to Change – Combating Weight Stigma
Originally posted on BEDA’s WSAW blogAs an advocate for those with eating disorders, a question I often ponder is, “how long must we wait before the truths that dieting does not work, all body types can be healthy, and weight is not a predictor of overall health, become assimilated into our culture?” Recently, Sue Thomason, […]
An Evening with the Eating Disorders Coalition: Celebrating All Eating Disorder Recovery Advocates
On Tuesday October 1st, the Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) successfully hosted their first annual fundraiser, featuring several very influential advocates to the eating disorder community. This exclusive event was aimed to advance the recognition of eating disorders as a public health priority. During the evening, powerful speakers shared stories of eating disorders and recovery, auction […]
Q & A with Lisa Kantor: How to Get Coverage for the Treatment of My Eating Disorder
Do you have questions? We have answers. This month we decided to do something a little bit different for our newsletter. We reached out to the eating disorder community to find out the type of questions they have when seeking insurance coverage for the treatment of eating disorders. We know that this can be an […]
Eating Disorders: What’s the Big Deal?
Introducing guest blogger Marci Warhaft-Nadler. Marci is a published author, founder of the Fit vs Fiction workshops, and a writer for the Huffington Post. Her own recovery journey has been inspiration for her important work in reaching out to young men and women, and teaching them how to build strong self-esteem and positive body image. […]
