Have you ever felt like the world around you was shaping how you saw yourself? For many of us, these influences go unnoticed until they start impacting our well-being. Eating...
When I first became sick with my eating disorder, I was 11 years old. I didn’t choose to get sick because eating disorders are never a choice, but it was...
My daughter, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa at age 11, though it’s likely her eating disorder started much earlier and went undetected for years. She had some pre-existing slight...
Taking Action Toward Equity in Eating Disorder Treatment and Care This blog post represents the author’s views and should not be interpreted as professional/medical advice or endorsed by NEDA. 2024...
Back in January I was cleaning out my emails. You know, the hundreds of unread ones that have been there for an eternity? It was time for them to go....
We don’t have to tell you that our toxic consumer culture is a major driver of our society’s obsession with weight. You know it. We know it. And the $66...
Most of us have heard this before: recovery is not a linear process. As I graduated from treatment in November 2017, I kept that message in mind. My outpatient team...
This past National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, advocates and educators came together to bring about many firsts for the state of Pennsylvania. It was the first year that a governor...
In recognition of the critical needs of military members and their families suffering from eating disorders, the Department of Defense‘s (DOD) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) will once again...
When someone mentions Ohio, my home state, they usually think football, the Midwest, and buckeyes, but from personal experience, mental health and eating disorder awareness/prevention do not always come to...
