Thin Privilege and the Intersection of Weight Stigma and Medical Stigma: Examining Society’s Biases and Prejudices
In this blog post, we will explore the intersection of weight stigma and medical stigma and how it relates to thin privilege.
Tag Diet Culture
Addressing Gastrointestinal Symptoms in ED Recovery
Eating disorder (ED) recovery is often a complicated journey in and of itself, but many times ED recovery is complicated by gastrointestinal (GI) issues. These issues are sometimes addressed using restrictive or limiting diet therapy.
Self-Love After Body Changes
Whether we notice it or not our bodies are constantly changing. Some periods of our lives bring on more changes than others. As we grow from children to adults our bones get bigger so naturally the rest of our body…
Improving Body Image
Improving Body Image Introduction Over the past few weeks, we have been discussing what body image is and other body image-related topics. This week we are going to discuss what different types of body image relationships can look like and…
Body Checking and Body Avoidance
Last week we looked at what body image is. As we continue with the theme of body image-related topics, this week we are going to discuss what body checking and body avoidance are. Body avoidance and body checking are similar…
What is Body Image?
Body image and diet are strongly correlated as one’s body image can impact one’s diet. We have shared a lot of posts regarding intuitive eating and food freedom but have yet to talk much about body image. Body image is…
Ways to Assess Health Aside From Weight
Last week we discussed how to navigate out of range lab values and to not let them determine your health or worth. This week we are continuing with the theme of not letting numbers determine your health and providing other…
Navigating Out of Range Lab Results with Kindness
How many of you have been sent to get routine blood work by a physician only for some of the lab values to come back out of range and be provided information that puts you into panic mode? I know…
Disordered Eating VS Eating Disorders
Recently we have discussed food rules and signs of disordered eating. Disordered eating is not to be confused with eating disorders. The main differentiation between the two is that eating disorders are clinically diagnosed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual…
Challenging Your Food Rules
It can be extremely hard to acknowledge our food rules and rituals as disordered, however with time, patience, and practice we can slowly begin to challenge our food rules one-by-one on our path to food freedom.
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