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Category: Body Image Issues

Body Awareness in Its Many Forms with Eating Disorders

People with eating disorders often lack connection with their bodies. There are a few reasons this can happen. These are: Trauma Trauma is a common co-occurring disorder that people with [...]
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No Place for Weight Stigma in the Doctor’s Office

Most would agree that the doctor’s office is no place for discrimination. Why, then, do we accept it in relation to body weight, size, and shape? Weight stigma is more [...]
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Health at Every Size: Compassionate Self-Care

I wonder what your response was to another article with the word “self-care” in the title. Did you roll your eyes at this millennial buzzword? Were you bitter that you’ve [...]
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Health at Every Size – Challenging Cultural Assumptions

China woman thinking about her inner child and eating disorder treatment

There are many beautiful aspects of diverse cultural beliefs, customs, and assumptions that make each of them unique and special to those that hold them dearly. Even so, the same [...]
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Health at Every Size: How to Celebrate Body Diversity

The Health at Every Size Movement has gained notoriety over the years but has been around since Lew Louderback wrote an article entitled “More People Should be Fat” in 1967 [...]
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Anorexia Concerns in Pre-Teens

There are many reasons that children on the cusp of adolescence may begin to present with disordered beliefs and behaviors related to their bodies and food. In the current political, [...]
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Why the LGBTQ Community Faces a Higher Rate of Body Dissatisfaction

Woman sitting in desert struggling with Bulimia Nervosa

Contributor: Staff at Carolina House We’ve all stood in front of the mirror and worried about whether some part of ourselves could look better. But while body image concerns can [...]
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‘Quarantine 15’ Is No Joke for People with Eating Disorders

Sponsored By: The Refuge – A Healing Place We’ve all heard about the Freshman 15, the belief that first-year college students will put on 15 pounds as they adjust to [...]
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Body Image Matrix of Thinness and Muscularity – Female Bodies (BIMTM-FB)

Over the past several years, the cultural ideal of female physical attractiveness has shifted away from an extremely thin body ideal towards a more muscular, ultra-fit body ideal [1]. But [...]
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Honoring One’s Body & Comfort in Clothing Choices

Did you know the clothes you wear have a direct impact on how you think and feel? That’s right. According to research by Professor Karen Pine from the University of [...]
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Body Image Issues
April 12th, 2024
Navigating Body Positivity and Social Norms During Seasonal Change
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Body Image Issues
April 5th, 2024
How Do I Overcome Low Self-Esteem in Eating Disorder Recovery?
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Body Image Issues
April 3rd, 2024
Body Image Concerns in Children: Does Photoshop Play a Role?
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Body Image Issues
March 11th, 2024
How to Combat Messages About Winter Weight Gain
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