National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

I’ve lived with an eating disorder for six years now, but I’ve only been in recovery for just under two years. Why is there such a discrepancy? Why did it take so long for me to receive a diagnosis? I grew up with body image struggles, but I absolutely loved food and never thought that [...]

Thirty million Americans will get an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Ten million of them identify as male. I remember hating my body as early as 8. As my T-shirt clung to my body in the pool, I told people I sunburned easily as an explanation for wearing it. At 13, I [...]

National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week kicked off on Monday, running from February 24 to March 1. Each year, the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) selects a focus “theme,” and this year’s theme is “Come As You Are: Hindsight is 20/20.” They posted a prompt on their Instagram page over this past weekend: If you [...]

National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week is February 24 to March 1. The theme this year, “Come As You Are: Hindsight is 2020,” is a continuation of the 2019 theme, which sought to bring awareness to diversity in the eating disorder community. Historically, people with eating disorders have been portrayed with a certain “look.” Typically, [...]

I honestly hate the word “healthy” in regards to anything related to eating and exercise. “Healthy” is such a subjective thing, and it is rarely actually about one’s health. It is proven to be incredibly subjective time and time again as newer research shows that the diet fads and myths we as a society once religiously [...]

I’ve thought long and hard about what to post for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, also known as NEDA Week. One thing my dietician and I have been talking about recently is viewing the eating disorder as something that was protective and actually served an important purpose in my life, rather than viewing it as the [...]

It’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and there’s a lot of before and after photos circulating. I believe in the “before and after” when you see the light come back in your eyes, when your smile is genuine and when you can feel and give love — not when you can or can’t see weight [...]

As many may know, this week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. It is a powerful time because it allows us all to take a step back and acknowledge that eating disorders can affect anyone. In addition, it is so important for the general public to be educated on the truth of eating disorders. That [...]

For the United States, this year’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week begins on February 25 and ends on March 3. The theme is “Come As You Are,” highlighting the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) goal to bring more inclusive ideas to the eating disorder community, regardless of the stage of recovery you are in, the body you [...]

As National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week approaches, it’s important to look at the way they are currently treated, which in my opinion has to change. Hospital admissions for eating disorders in the U.K. have doubled in the last six years – peaking at 13,885 in April 2017. The result: a terrible shortage of beds [...]