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Written by Leanne Richardson, Registered Dietitian, MPH, Upper Grand Family Health Team & Lindzie O’Reilly, MAN, Registered Dietitian, University of GuelphJoin the Waterloo Wellington Eating Disorders Coalition on May 6 as we advocate against dieting on International No Diet Day. This day is about challenging the idea that there is one “acceptable” body size or shape, and pushing back against the industries that promote and benefit from harmful diet culture. Dieting can be defined as any intentional change to our lifestyle (modifying food habits, exercise routine, supplements) for the sole purpose of changing our weight or shape. Although the word…
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After her “year of health,” Rebel Wilson is feeling better than she has in a long time.At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, the 42-year-old actor decided she was going to take control of her health, so when she stopped by TODAY on Thursday to promote her new movie, “Senior Year,” she also discussed her progress.”In 2020, when everything kind of shut down in the pandemic, I really focused on my health,” she said.”I’m not perfect, obviously. I still was eating ice cream in the bath last night. I was like, ‘I’ve got to get up early for the…
After her “year of health,” Rebel Wilson is feeling better than she has in a long time.At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, the 42-year-old actor decided she was going to take control of her health, so when she stopped by TODAY on Thursday to promote her new movie, “Senior Year,” she also discussed her progress.”In 2020, when everything kind of shut down in the pandemic, I really focused on my health,” she said.”I’m not perfect, obviously. I still was eating ice cream in the bath last night. I was like, ‘I’ve got to get up early for the…
If you know nothing else about Sylvia Plath, you probably know how she died. While she remains one of the best known and most beloved American poets, hers is a literary legacy often overshadowed by her death, the mental health struggles that led to it and her troubled marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes. As readers, or even just members of a general public in which it is hard to avoid being aware of Plath to some degree, we tend to assume she lived as she died: a cold, consistently depressed shell of a woman, a ghost even when she…
Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer lifeLive your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletterIn the depths of lockdown, I would often joke with friends that I was addicted to Deliveroo. The lure of the aqua logo was all too much and I’d often fight the itch to flick through endless culinary options that awaited me. When life was so uncertain and the supermarket became a risky place to be, the ease of food delivery apps felt like a slice of certainty and provided much-needed…
SATURDAY, April 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If a mother reaches for cakes, chocolates or other snacks when she’s feeling down, her children could become emotional eaters as well.Kids’ chances of becoming emotional eaters are shaped by both their natural eating tendencies and their parent’s influence, according to a new British study. Emotional eating refers to indulging in “comfort” foods when feeling sad or anxious, not because you’re hungry.“Our findings suggest that children who were more motivated to eat were more predisposed to associate food with emotions,” said study co-author Rebecca Stone, a Ph.D. student at Aston University in Birmingham.”Our…
Though purging is often a condition associated with bulimia nervosa, new research at Ohio University suggests that a different kind of eating disorder could also be responsible. The study, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, sought to differentiate the little understood “purging disorder” from the more well-documented bulimia nervosa, with which it is often confused. The research was led by K. Jean Forney, an assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University who specializes in eating disorders. Both purging disorder and bulimia nervosa are eating disorders characterized by self-induced vomiting and other…
REXBURG — A new clinic is hoping that by opening its doors it can help more eastern Idahoans struggling with eating disorders. The Rexburg Eating Disorder Center, located at 101 E. Main Street Suite 211, opened in early April and is a partner company with Integrated Counseling and Wellness. Liz Stephenson, clinical director of the Rexburg Eating Disorder Center, told EastIdahoNews.com she’s been the only certified eating disorder specialist in east Idaho and the clinic is trying to change that. Stephenson’s two clinicians are fully licensed but are working towards their eating disorder certification status, which typically takes three years…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Being able to tell the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating can sometimes be difficult. After all, there are no standardized definitions of disordered eating used in the scientific literature, and many are often confused about what does (and doesn’t) constitute a disordered pattern of behaviour. Eating disorders and disordered eating are indeed highly correlated, but they’re far from the same thing and they shouldn’t be used interchangeably. Eating disorders, like bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and anorexia nervosa, are mental illnesses that are based on a very specific set of diagnostic criteria met by…