binging, calorie deficit, eating disorders, emotional eating, food restriction, healthy eating, hunger, overeating

Understanding Hunger: A Guide for Health Seekers Who Want to Combat Eating Disorders

Understanding hunger is the pillar for health seekers serious about combating their eating disorders. Once hunger is understood, it becomes simpler to distinguish between the physical need for food and the emotional desire to compensate for emotional stress by binging on food. Understanding the hunger spectrum Most people who attempt to lose weight begin by ...

Viena Abdon

A smorgasbord of food choices.

How Media Accentuates Eating Disorders in Adolescents

Over the years, the ideal body shape has seen drastic changes. Unfortunately, this has led to an increase in eating disorders in adolescents. Female fashion models have gone from being curvy, with an “hourglass” shape to being underweight or even androgynous while the ideal for males has become taller and increasingly muscular. When you consider ...

Jack Roberts

Three girls look at fashion magazines together while sitting on the grass in the park.

Sylvia’s Story: Finding a Way Through Eating Disorders

I met Sylvia (fictitious name) at a restaurant with some mutual friends, and I thought she was beautiful, bubbly, intelligent, and insightful. She was not someone I would have expected to have eating disorders. We both loved and appreciated our seafood dishes. There was nothing to reveal her conflicting relationship with food and her inner ...

Laura Cozzolino