“Women who binge eat are less likely to get married while men who binge eat are more likely to struggle with finding and sustaining a job,” according to a recent study published in the Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences Journal reported on thestar.com. Researchers found binge eating to be twice as common as bulimia; and that both Keep Reading →

Binge eating disorder could bridge the gap between the obesity and eating disorder communities, while also reducing the stereotype that only thin people suffer from eating disorders. Fat and Thin Find Common Ground – well.blogs.nytimes.com

Hear, hear to those who stand up to the media and industry pressure to be anything other than happy in your own skin. Read actress Jennifer Lawrence’s pushback about losing weight for movies.      

The Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) has deemed this week Weight Stigma Awareness Week to help create a “world where people are supported in living happy, healthy lives, free of judgment about the size of their bodies.” To honor this very special week, we have chosen to mention some courageous people whom we feel have Keep Reading →

Osteoporosis, hormonal imbalances and heart problems are just a few of the various complexities and risks associated with later-life eating disorders, as mentioned in a recent goodtherapy.org blog. Negative body image and an intense desire for thinness can worsen, re-emerge or first appear later in life as a result of hormonal changes, relationship or lifestyle changes, an obsession Keep Reading →