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Tiena/Adobe StockSusie Denby says she remembers starting to binge-eat when she was around 10 years old. “There was one time when we had just gotten home from a pool party. As my mom was unloading the car, I kept grabbing handfuls of crackers that were on the counter and running up to my room to eat them. By the time she was done, I had finished the whole box. My mom was so angry with me,” she says. “I’ve always been a really anxious person, and looking back now, I see that food helped me regulate that fight-or-flight feeling.” What…
Amidst a tech landscape that has seen its fair share of negative headlines, bitewell, the first-ever “digital food farmacy” startup, is turning a new page for the sector by expanding into a new Denver innovation lab headquarters at The Hub North in RiNo. Since its founding in 2020, bitewell has been at the forefront of the food-as-medicine movement, and this expansion is a significant leap in its mission to revolutionize healthcare through nutrition intelligence. The 14,000-square-foot office space offers breathtaking 270-degree views of the Denver landscape and is equipped with cutting-edge features, including a wellness lab, a fully functional kitchen, and “mini food farmacies” featuring…
By guest author: Caroline L. Young, MS, RD, LD, RYT (she/her) The college years present a whirlwind of changes and challenges. And, for students recovering from eating disorders, campus life can be a perfect storm of potentially triggering situations. Fortunately, with planning, consistency, and support, maintaining recovery from an eating disorder while in college is possible. Keep reading to learn more about protecting eating disorder recovery while in college Eating Disorders Among College Students Eating disorders among college students are disturbingly prevalent. National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) estimates that between 10 and 20% of women and 4 to 10%…
By guest author: Caroline L. Young, MS, RD, LD, RYT (she/her) The college years present a whirlwind of changes and challenges. And, for students recovering from eating disorders, campus life can be a perfect storm of potentially triggering situations. Fortunately, with planning, consistency, and support, maintaining recovery from an eating disorder while in college is possible. Keep reading to learn more about protecting eating disorder recovery while in college Eating Disorders Among College Students Eating disorders among college students are disturbingly prevalent. National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) estimates that between 10 and 20% of women and 4 to 10%…
If you feel like you’re eating too much, there are simple changes that can help you get back on track. Eating more than usual from time to time is normal. But if you think there are times of day or situations where eating has become more habit than hunger, or you’re overindulging because you’re getting too hungry between meals, this might make it harder to maintain a healthy weight. You could try these simple strategies to help. Check whether it is overeating The amount of food you need will be different to…
Even if you have done the work to recover from your eating disorder, that doesn’t mean that you won’t still experience eating disorder triggers. To those in recovery, it can feel like eating disorder triggers are all around. For some, there are specific times of the year that are especially triggering, such as holidays or the summer. At Virtue Recovery Las Vegas – Eating Disorders, we help our clients deal with eating disorder triggers, even after treatment. We are prepared to give you the tools and resources to help cope with the inevitability of triggers. To learn more about dealing…
Digital health startup Equip is expanding its virtual eating disorder treatment services to adults as demand for care continues to grow. Equip launched in 2019 to provide effective eating disorder treatments to adolescents. The company’s online eating disorder therapy uses a family-based treatment model, a leading outpatient therapy for adolescents with eating disorders that’s been shown to reduce the chance of relapse by including parents in their child’s road to recovery. The startup expanded to all 50 states in 2022 to keep pace with the rising demand for services, including the nine U.S. states that lack an in-person treatment center entirely. Kristina…
Content Warning: This article discusses eating disorders, associated behaviors, and a reference to self-harm. April Bannister was actively receiving treatment from the University of Iowa’s inpatient eating disorder clinic when UI Hospitals and Clinics officials announced its closure last year. Since February 2021, Bannister said she sought care from the clinic on seven different occasions. The 23-year-old said the eating disorder made her hair fall out, caused her to develop a heart condition, gave her constant chest pain, and made her constantly cold. “If I hadn’t had this program, I would have been dead seven times over,” Bannister said in…
Virtual provider Equip announced that it is expanding its scope of care to treat adults with eating disorders. The San Diego-based provider got its start treating people with eating disorders under the age of 24. There is also a substantial need for eating disorder care in the adult population, however. Additional funding from General Catalyst, one of the company’s series B investors, made the expansion possible. While the company declined to disclose the funding amount, SEC documents reveal that the funding amount was worth roughly $20 million. Nearly 30 million Americans will have an eating disorder in their lifetime. Most…
In 2022, the Welsh government launched the healthy food environment (HFE) consultation. This was an important step towards implementing solutions to promote healthier foods and reduce childhood and adult obesity in Wales. Some of the solutions explored in the consultation included:restricting temporary price reductions on unhealthy foods, so that retailers would only apply temporary discounts on healthy productsrestricting multi-buy offers and volume promotions of unhealthy foods, so that retailers would only apply promotions such as buy one, get one free on healthy productsrestricting the promotion of unhealthy foods through positioning strategies, so that only healthy products could be promoted in…