eating disorders
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COVID-19 Coverage
‘I Just Want to Exist With my Family’: To children with eating disorders, support from family during pandemic is essential
“I think parents can’t comprehend that kids as young as 9, 10, 11 could have eating disorders. They totally can,” says Robin Staub-Grundstein, a licensed dietitian and a certified pediatric and adolescent weight management specialist at Healthy Habits Nutrition Consulting in Athens. For Lynn Wilson, from Calgary, Alberta, symptoms of…
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COVID-19 Coverage
Pandemic Social Media Use Heightens Eating Disorders
At the start of quarantine, University of Georgia junior Kathryn Santos felt lonely and discouraged. Like many other college students, life as she once knew was flipped upside down as classes went virtual, residential student living closed and isolation went into full effect. With more alone time came more opportunities…
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Diversity
Body Neutrality Movement Makes Its Way To Social Media
Almost every college student uses social media — 98 percent of them to be exact — and a large portion of them compare themselves and their bodies to what they see online. While this influence can be negative, many well-known account users are using their platforms for the better, including…
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Food
Seeing Food As The Enemy: A Look Into Lives Of Those Who Have Struggled With Eating Disorders
Casey Ellis remembers experiencing thoughts about her body image as a young girl. Ellis continued to deal with self-critical thoughts until the age of 16, when those thoughts manifested into anorexia nervosa. She said battling an eating disorder is “like you’re living your own isolated life that no one knows…