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Introduction Eating Disorders (ED) and obesity share multiple biological and environmental risk factors (Haines et al., 2010), and they are associated with maladaptive eating styles, such as restrained eating (i.e., dieting intentions) or emotional eating (Baños et al., 2014), which may be relevant in their development and maintenance (Krug et al., 2013). Moreover, ED and obesity can occur simultaneously or increase in severity over time (da Luz et al., 2018). Individuals with either of these two conditions present altered functioning patterns, including unhealthy behaviors to lose weight or maintain the lost weight (Krug et al., 2013; Segura-Serralta et al., 2020).…
Doctor Ranj Singh is a familiar face on our TV screens as a presenter, author and resident doctor on ITV’s This Morning and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant. Now, Ranj, a working paediatrician, is presenting a new ten-part series, Extreme Food Phobics, which features people across the country whose lives are being held back and their health put at risk because of their phobias of certain foods and their very restricted diets. Some are terrified of mayonnaise or retch at the sight of lasagne, while others find the idea of trying something new nauseating, or haven’t touched a fruit or vegetable in years.Here…
Rebel Wilson, 41, just opened up about her unhealthy past in a throwback photo on Instagram.The actress shared a snap posing with tennis champ Novak Djokovic and detailed her emotional eating habits when she was at her “unhealthiest.”Rebel followed up her experience with encouraging words for fans who are going through something similar: “it’s never too late to start improving yourself and trying to be the best version of YOU possible.”Rebel Wilson, 41, has been incredibly open with fans about her journey to become a healthier, fitter version of herself (shoutout to her Year of Health!). And, she just got…
People who have anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa are concerned about their body shape, size and/or weight, of course, but there’s another body image problem with which many people also struggle: body dysmorphic disorder. Body dysmorphic disorder, which affects up to 2.4% of the general population, causes people to become overly concerned with outward appearance and perceived flaws. It may be seen in people with eating disorders, but is a distinctly different issue. Symptoms of Body Dysmorphic Disorder People who have body dysmorphic disorder are preoccupied or obsessed with one or more perceived flaws in their appearance. This preoccupation or…
Today I’m going to address the question of how parents can help a child recover from an eating disorder. I’ll talk about the most important thing that I think parents can do that nobody ever talks about. The letterDear Ginny, My 12-year-old daughter went to a treatment facility for orthorexia six months ago. When she came back, I did everything I could to get back to normal. But after just a few months at home, she had to go back to the facility. It was devastating to me and I felt like a failure. Now she’s home again and I…
In this episode, I respond to a parent whose child has left and returned to an eating disorder treatment center twice and wonders what she can do to avoid an endless cycle. She is frustrated and worried about her child, and wants to know who can help. I’ll talk about the thing that almost nobody talks about when a child is in treatment, and that’s how the parents can help. Because if the child returns from treatment to the same family system, it’s going to be very hard to recover. I share my recommendation for the skills parents need to…
Eight years after beginning ‘treatment’ for an ‘eating disorder’, I was eating worse than ever. Yet three years after quitting that ‘treatment’, food is a pleasure, not a problem. This is curious, isn’t it? I entered ‘treatment’ willingly, because I was desperate to feel better. I had spent most of my teens either not eating or overeating, and I had had enough. When I found myself referred to a psychologist at 17 because I had trouble writing essays, I felt condemned to confess. I’d been hiding the truth, like a criminal against my own health. I didn’t want to be…
Do you often end up eating when you are feeling low, tired or stressed? Especially in the lockdown, we have experienced cravings during the day and indulged in unhealthy snacks to satiate our hunger pangs. But are we really hungry or just experiencing ’emotional hunger’?Actor Sameera Reddy, who keeps giving her followers a peek into her fitness journey — from sharing her workout videos to inspiring people about body positivity, recently took to Instagram to talk about actual hunger vs emotional eating and how one can create a balance. “Are you an emotional eater? People always talk about diets and…
Do you often end up eating when you are feeling low, tired or stressed? Especially in the lockdown, we have experienced cravings during the day and indulged in unhealthy snacks to satiate our hunger pangs. But are we really hungry or just experiencing ’emotional hunger’? Actor Sameera Reddy, who keeps giving her followers a peek into her fitness journey — from sharing her workout videos to inspiring people about body positivity, recently took to Instagram to talk about actual hunger vs emotional eating and how one can create a balance. “Are you an emotional eater? People always talk about diets…
Posted by Rich Lucas, Deputy Administrator for Office of Policy Support, Food and Nutrition Service in Equity Food and Nutrition Aug 09, 2021 As directed by Congress in 2018, USDA is re-evaluating the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP)—the estimated cost of an affordable, nutritious diet. The TFP is used to calculate SNAP benefit levels. To complement the re-evaluation efforts and gather insights from those who will be impacted by the result, USDA recently hosted five listening sessions with SNAP participants, researchers, advocates, and others. Here’s some of what we heard: Families are struggling to get enough food with current SNAP benefit…