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More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-third of these people are neurodivergent.Authors Breanna Lepre Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, The University of Queensland Lauren Ball Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland So why are neurodivergent people, such as autistic people and those with ADHD, more likely to experience eating disorders than the broader population? And how does this impact their treatment?First, what is neurodivergence?Neurodivergence, or the state of being neurodivergent, is a term for people whose cognitive functioning differs from what society considers “typical”. Many conditions broadly…
More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-third of these people are neurodivergent. So why are neurodivergent people, such as autistic people and those with ADHD, more likely to experience eating disorders than the broader population? And how does this impact their treatment? First, what is neurodivergence? Neurodivergence, or the state of being neurodivergent, is a term for people whose cognitive functioning differs from what society considers “typical”. Many conditions broadly fall under neurodivergence, including (but not limited to): autism attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) dyslexia Tourette’s syndrome. Our understanding of neurodivergence has come…
Pasadena City Hall on a hot day (Photo – Gnawme).Pasadena Acting Health Officer, Dr. Parveen Kaur, issued a health officer order, mandating annual influenza (flu) and updated COVID-19 vaccinations for health care workers.By News DeskThe Pasadena Public Health Department PHD encourages everyone to stay up to date on both COVID-19 and flu vaccines.To get the updated COVID-19 vaccine, uninsured or underinsured individuals can visit the County of Los Angeles Vaccination Sites website, and insured community members can schedule their vaccine appointment by visiting the Albertsons pharmacy website or Vons pharmacy website. Find the full list of free flu vaccine clinics offered by PPHD…
Eating disorders are common, treatable conditions that affect people in many different ways. Living with an eating disorder can make everyday activities and normal routines challenging. Some eating disorders can disrupt even necessary activities like sleep. This article will explore sleep-related eating disorders, their causes and symptoms, and how to find help. An eating disorder is a serious health condition involving persistent and intense changes in eating behaviors, body image, and relationships with food. Eating disorders include conditions like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, OSFED, and ARFID. Those experiencing eating disorders often struggle with obsessions with food and eating,…
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — 9amHealth, the leading virtual cardiometabolic care solution, and Instacart (NASDAQ: CART), the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced a partnership that integrates Instacart Health Fresh Funds stipends for nutritious food into 9amHealth’s diabetes, weight, and heart health programs. The partnership aims to address the root causes of health problems like diabetes and obesity by expanding access to nutritious foods using Instacart’s platform. Incentivizing healthy eating with actionable dietary guidance and convenient food delivery supports a preventive approach and can reduce the need for more costly treatments like the increasingly popular GLP-1 drugs. Additionally, actionable dietary guidance and convenient food…
Eating Disorder PreventionWe are not born hating our bodies. If you have ever been in the presence of a young child who has first discovered their toes, their head, their nose, you see the curiosity in their eyes as they reflect on these new wonders. Fast forward just a few years and nearly a third of children age 5 to 6 choose an ideal body size that is thinner than their current perceived size (Hayes and Tantleff-Dunn, 2010).Exposure to the thin ideal through media and social media is a well-documented concern among those in charge of caring for children and…
When Grace Fenwick (CAS ’26) was eating at Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall last semester, she spotted a cockroach inside a dish of food at one of the serving stations. “I see something move, and a cockroach moves across the thing of beans,” Fenwick told The Hoya. “I tell the woman that there’s a cockroach running across the beans. She started screaming — she had a serving spoon and she kept trying to hit it. She didn’t kill it, it just ran away.” “I didn’t eat there that day,” Fenwick added. Fenwick’s experience at Leo’s is not uncommon; since March…
By Jennifer Kreatsoulas, PhD, C-IAYT, FounderI experienced grief off and on during my healing journey, especially in the beginning when I started to consistently make choices that aligned with recovery and not the eating disorder. This was an intense and very uncomfortable time. I struggled to reconcile that I had to grieve the identity of the eating disorder to become a self-accepting individual. In all honesty, it felt counterintuitive at first, but over time and with my therapist’s guidance, I learned that grief was an essential part of my recovery process (for the full story, check out Chapter 18 from…
When it comes to sorting out a quick weeknight meal, tinned foods are a total lifesaver. Whether it’s vegetables, fruits or beans, they are so much healthier than the other easy options we might reach for – frozen pizzas, takeaways and UPF-laden ready meals first among them – and far better for our wallets, too. Because the canning process preserves foods at peak freshness, many are actually more nutritious than some fresh food you’ll find loose on the supermarket shelves. Compared with fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes contain more calcium, iron and lycopene (an antioxidant), while some research suggests that tinned pink or red…
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