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Your eating disorder may be a source of stress in your life. Be mindful of your response to stress, as long-term stress can impact your physical and mental health. In honor of April being National Stress Awareness Month, here are some tips on managing stress in response to eating disorder urges or behaviors. By: Dawn Lundin National Stress Awareness Month aims to bring awareness to the negative impacts of stress. The World Health Organization defines stress as “a state of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation.” Everyone experiences stress in their life. Although, stress levels may be…
Source: cottonbro studio/Pexels The female reproductive cycle is regulated by a balance of hormone exchanges between the brain’s pituitary gland and the ovaries. The pituitary gland first releases follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), which stimulates the ovaries to create a follicle or a sac housing a developing egg. This follicle releases estrogen, which stimulates the pituitary gland to release luteinizing hormone (LH). LH is responsible for pushing the developed egg out of the follicle sac and down the fallopian tube for fertilization. The right balance of these hormones is essential for egg development and fertilization. article continues after advertisement A condition that…
The following eating disorder post is a personal account by Boston University student Luyi Chen. At Walden, we are proud to support the next generation of eating disorder recovery professionals by including occasional student blog submissions.As a former ballroom dancer, I have seen firsthand the pressures that dancers face regarding their physical appearance. The casting process in production not only evaluates our dance skills, but also our proportions, weight, and looks. Additionally, despite spending hours perfecting our technique, no education is put on food education, such as what to eat pre– or post-dancing. Eating disorders are a common problem in…
A team of investigators led by a BBRF grantee reports that they have gained new insight into circuit-based mechanisms in the human brain that underlie habitual behaviors, specifically those involved in two eating disorders, binge-eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN). In BN, there are recurring episodes of eating large amounts of food at one sitting with a sense of loss of control, usually coupled with efforts to purge. BED, in contrast, involves similar binge-eating episodes that are not paired with purging. One of the mysteries posed by eating disorders as well as other disorders including substance-use disorders is why…
Stress is a natural response to the challenges of everyday life. Work-related pressure, personal relationships, financial issues, and other factors can cause it. However, if you or someone you love struggles with an eating disorder, stress can feel insurmountable, especially when pursuing recovery. By: Alexandra Carter So, in honor of Stress Awareness Month this month, here are some stress management tips & treatment support options to help you move through this stress and toward lasting recovery. Eating disorders are complex and severe mental illnesses affecting millions worldwide. They can significantly impact physical health, mental well-being, and financial stability. Seeking treatment…
An eating disorder diagnosis can throw parents into a tailspin as they try to figure out the best course of action. The alarm you feel when your child is diagnosed is appropriate and necessary, because the sooner you mobilize treatment for your child, the greater their chances of recovery. It is never a good idea to “wait and see,” but figuring out what to do can be overwhelming. Take a deep breath. You’ve got this! Research indicates that outpatient treatment for eating disorders is preferable to inpatient or residential treatment. Residential treatment for an eating disorder is recommended only when…
“[We] have had issues when it comes to our weights, food… That comes from an emotional place, always,” Sonam Kapoor said on Koffee With Karan last year, backed by her cousin, Arjun Kapoor. “When you are going through those ups and downs, you kind of take solace in food, like, ‘Let me just have this packet of chips’. It’s emotional eating.”The experiences of the Kapoor cousins resonating deeply with audiences, highlighted the sheer popularity of the coping mechanism. “Emotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with their emotions and feelings instead of to satisfy their hunger,”…
New York CNN — YouTube on Tuesday announced a series of changes to how it deals with content related to eating disorders. The platform has long removed content that glorifies or promotes eating disorders, and YouTube’s Community Guidelines will now also prohibit content that features behaviors such as purging after eating or extreme calorie counting that at-risk users could be inspired to imitate. For videos that feature such “imitable behaviors” in the context of recovery, YouTube will allow the content to remain on the site but restrict it to users who are logged into the site and are over the…
YouTube announced Tuesday a new framework for eating disorder-related content.viaApril 18, 2023, 4:02 AM ET• 6 min readYouTube, the largest video-sharing platform, announced Tuesday a new policy framework for eating disorder-related content, in the company’s latest effort to address the growing mental health crisis, especially among teens, who can often be “vulnerable viewers.”The new policies outline prohibiting content that features “imitable behavior” for “at-risk viewers,” including content that shows or describes behavior like restricting calories, setting age restrictions on content that discusses disordered eating behavior and adding information about mental health resources under videos related to eating disorders.”We may age-restrict…
Video-sharing service YouTube announced on Monday that in the coming weeks, it will update its … [+] approach to eating disorder-related content. (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images Video-sharing service YouTube announced on Monday that in the coming weeks, it will update its approach to eating disorder-related content. The service will call upon informed third-party experts to create a space for community, recovery, and resources while continuing to protect viewers. “We worked with experts such as National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) and Asociación de Lucha contra la Bulimia y la…