Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest Add Support Features to Help Users Struggling With Eating Disorders

Social media has long been the bane and the muse of anyone suffering from an eating disorder. To exist online with a pulse in the year 2012 was to understand the cesspool of “thinspiration”-style content that proliferated on platforms like Tumblr, Xanga and Pinterest, and more recently, the rise of “influencer”…Read more...
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Pinterest Donates Ad Credits to Promote Awareness of NEDAwareness Week Events

Pinterest teamed up with the National Eating Disorders Association to help raise awareness of and build communities of support and recovery for individuals and families affected by eating disorders. National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is Feb. 22 through 28, and this year's theme is, "Every Body Has a Seat at the Table." Pinterest said searches...
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Warum die Darstellung von Bulimie in The Crown gleichzeitig so wichtig & problematisch ist

The Crown S4. Picture shows: Princess Diana (EMMA CORRIN). Achtung: Der folgende Artikel enthält Spoiler für die vierte Staffel von Netflix’ The Crown! Die vierte Staffel von The Crown steht ihren Vorgängern in Sachen Drama und Spannung um nichts nach. Und obwohl die Serie sicher nie versucht hat, seichte Unterhaltung zu liefern, lässt sich kaum leugnen, dass sie wohl noch nie finsterer war als jetzt.  Staffel vier beginnt in den späten 1970ern und rückt die mitunter berühmt-berücht...
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Countless People Are Struggling With an Eating Disorder Doctors Can’t Diagnose

At first, Melanie Murphy was just following doctor’s orders. Murphy, then 19, had gained weight during a period of depression, and her doctor told her she should lose some. She went from 180 to 125 pounds in 18 months—and even when she knew it was time to stop slimming down, she couldn’t shake the need to chase a goal. Without weight loss, she needed a new target. That became finding the “perfect” diet, one that was clean and pure and would keep her healthy for years to come. At least, that...
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Why Women in Recovery Must Combat the Diet Culture

Diet culture is insidious. We spend our lives obsessed with our bodies — always wishing for a smaller shape, scrutinizing the size of the portions on our plates, and unscrupulously comparing ourselves to thinner people. It’s damaging because it leads us to equate our worth with our appearance. For people in recovery, that is especially harmful. We experience physiological changes quickly — including weight gain — once we find recovery, and we can often leap to the assumption that we have a food ...
Tags: Psychology, Women, Recovery, Publishers, NEDA, National Eating Disorders Association, The Fix, Diet Culture

Meet The Models Redefining The Era Of Designers & Their Muses

A revolution is happening, and it's rippling across the fashion industry at a force that feels like tidal waves of long-awaited disruption. Of course, we're talking about the boom of the plus-size modeling industry. In the past few years alone, the runways have grown more inclusive than ever before, transforming the minds of millions and catapulting the faces of the movement from tokenized catwalk queens to household names. Finally, the idea that everyone deserves a chance to embody the fantasi...
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Researchers developing smartphone app to help patients with eating disorders

With a new $50,000 award from the National Eating Disorders Association, a research team at the University of Kansas is developing a smartphone app for clinical use with patients receiving treatment for an eating disorder -- the deadliest of all mental disorders.
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France passes law that says Photoshopped images must have a disclaimer

France isn’t the first country to legislate on image editing in advertising (Israel did so in 2012), but it’s good to see more awareness on the issue. Fines of €37,500, or 30% of the cost of creating the ad, can be given to those caught out. Studies have shown that, out of all Western Europeans, French women have the lowest average BMI, at 23.2, and 11 percent of French women are considered “extremely thin.” The new law is aimed at helping to tackle body image problems among people chasing bod...
Tags: Design, France, Israel, Advertising, Getty Images, Beauty, Italy, Marisol Touraine, Belgium Spain, National Eating Disorders Association

What To Know Before Watching Movies About Eating Disorders

There's a new Netflix movie premiering next month called To The Bone that depicts one young woman's struggle with anorexia. The movie has already created quite a stir, and after the trailer was released, some people argued that it was triggering and glamorized the realities of eating disorders. If this argument sounds familiar, that's because it crops up almost every time there's a pop culture depiction of disordered eating — it's nearly impossible to tell stories about eating disorders without...
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What It Looks Like To Recover From An Eating Disorder

Over a year after beginning to recover from an eating disorder, Holly Griffiths is opening up about the moment she began to realize that healing was possible.On Tuesday, Griffiths posted two side-by-side images of herself to document the progress she's made."When I posted the photo on the left I wrote in the caption that I had bloated thighs," she wrote. "What???!?!!?! Almost eighteen months ago I ate a pizza and kept it down and it was that day that made me seriously consider recovery as a via...
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This 'Fat-Shaming' Meal Planner Company Sends Harmful Mixed Messages

A U.K. company is under fire for its “fat-shaming” food journals, which contain phrases like “I want to skinny dip, not chunky dunk,” and “fridge pickers wear big knickers.”  Blogger Charlotte Moor tweeted a photo last week of Fox & Moon’s products, which ship internationally, alongside the caption “It’s literally the worst thing being fat isn’t it.”  TW: Diets and food planningIt's literally the worst thing being fat isn't it. pic.twitter.com/NEhFH0InPP— Charlotte Moor (@Lottie_Lam...
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Once Again, There's Very Controversial Dolce & Gabbana Shoe Design

Dolce & Gabbana finds itself at the center of controversy once again — this time, for a sneaker from its fall '17 collection which is being accused of equating beauty with thinness.As you probably saw (most likely, and fittingly, on Instagram), the Italian label's latest ready-to-wear collection was millennial-themed (and -cast). The runway was sprinkled with homages to the generation Dolce & Gabbana was courting: letterman jackets, graphic logo T-shirts, Justin Bieber merch, and DIY-look sneak...
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The Infuriating Thing This Personal Trainer Said To His Client

When Kayleigh Boase posted a photo of herself on Snapchat in sweats and fluffy socks, she probably expected her followers to be a little jealous of her chill night in.Instead, she got inappropriate comments about her body from her personal trainer, which she later posted to Facebook. "Comfys on and chill," Boase wrote on her Snapchat photo. Her trainer, Jowan Townsend-Trahair, shot down her mood in two words. "That belly," he wrote, with two sad face emojis.At first, Boase thought it was a jok...
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Un-Retouched Ads Aren't A Huge Money-Maker, But Brands Don't Care

The use of Photoshop to alter faces and bodies is a point of contention in the fashion industry. For starters, it perpetuates unrealistic beauty standards and causes its fair share of epic fails.  That’s why it’s so exciting that there’s an emerging movement to minimize the use of photo-altering tools by brands both big and small. Lonely Lingerie was recently praised for featuring Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke sans retouching. Modcloth made waves when it pledged to ditch using Photoshop on its m...
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Zayn Malik Destroys A Major Misconception About Eating Disorders

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Eddie Huang Explains Why Talking About Male Body Image Issues Is So Tough

Eddie Huang kept it raw and real while discussing the stigma around male body insecurity in a new interview with GQ. The Fresh Off the Boat author and restaurateur revealed his own struggle with body-image issues as he spoke to the outlet last week about his new gig as an underwear model for MeUndies. Huang was particularly open about how difficult it was for him, as an Asian-American male, to discuss the topic. “For me, there were three things I was negative about: my height, my weight and how...
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This Is Why There Aren't More Medications For Eating Disorders

Along with therapy, medical care, and work with a dietitian, medications can be used to help treat some eating disorders. However, to date, there's only one — an antidepressant— approved specifically to treat bulimia. A controversial stimulant (Vyvanse) is the only drug approved to treat binge-eating disorder. And there aren't any medications that are FDA-approved to treat anorexia.With seemingly endless choices for drugs designed to treat anxiety and depression, why are the options for those ...
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Facebook's Newest Feature Is Incredibly Important

How often do you see a person say something on Facebook that could be cause for concern, but you're not sure of the best way to help? Today, Facebook is addressing this problem in a major way, with three new suicide prevention tools.While the social network has previously allowed you to report a friend's status for review, today's update offers more immediate ways to take action and show your support. First, Facebook says that it will try using artificial intelligence to identify posts associat...
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30 Times Celebs Taught Us To Love Our Bodies This Year

This year saw many female celebrities using their platforms to speak out about an issue very near and dear to our hearts: body image. Women like Serena Williams, Ashley Graham, and Kourtney Kardashian put themselves out there in the name of body-positivity, and boy, did we take notice.In fact, we spent all of 2016 seeing famous women speaking publicly, either in interviews or via social media, about issues that many women deal with. They reminded us that we shouldn't stress out about post-baby ...
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What It's Like To Get Pregnant While Battling An Eating Disorder

Recovering from an eating disorder is an arduous journey all on its own. Today’s guest columnist, Jess Mann, had to do it in the midst of another life-changing event. Her story reminds me of just how complicated life can become, throwing joy and terror and hard work at us all at once. But she also reminds me that we can survive it.It was three days before my birthday. My sister told me she was bringing an ice cream cake, and without even thinking about it, I knew I was going to skip dinner so I...
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Zayn Malik Opens Up About Struggling With An Eating Disorder

In addition to struggles with anxiety, Zayn Malik says that the pressure of fame also had an affect on his eating patterns. In a new autobiography titled Zayn, the 23-year-old singer revealed that he struggled with disordered eating while touring with his former band, One Direction.“When I look back at the images of myself from around November 2014, before the final tour, I can see how ill I was," Malik wrote, according to an excerpt from The Guardian. "Something I’ve never talked about in publ...
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Psychology Around the Net: October 22, 2016

Once again, my friends, I come to you from behind a computer screen with a box of tissues on one side and a trash can on the other. Tears are running down my cheeks, I can’t stop sneezing, and even though I can’t breathe my nostrils aren’t too stopped up to — well, I won’t get gross. Wasn’t it just a few months ago I was suffering from allergies? Can you even get allergies in the fall? According to WebMD, you sure can, and thanks to a myriad of potential culprits (mold spores and pollen hiding ...
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Instagram's Newest Feature Is Incredibly Important

We use Instagram to share photos of the beauty around us, the delicious meals we've eaten or created, and our personal highs. But it is a social network, and we also use it to share our feelings when we're sad, upset, or when we need some moral support. Today, Instagram made some subtle but important changes to its app. Now, if you see a friend post something that feels like a cry for help, you can do something about it — without being confrontational. Photo: Instagram. If a friend posts ab...
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How Talking To Victoria's Secret Models Helped Demi Lovato Love Her Body

Since struggling with an eating disorder earlier in her career, Demi Lovato speaks openly about her body-image issues and how she's learned to love herself. And she's found that sometimes body positivity can come from the most unexpected places: Most recently, Lovato spoke with Glamour about how she got a surprising lesson in self-love from Victoria's Secret models when she performed at the Victoria's Secret Swim Special earlier this year."Being surrounded by supermodels’ bodies was triggering ...
Tags: Fashion, Music, Victoria, Demi Lovato, Bentley, Serena Williams, Jenny McCarthy, Lovato, NEDA, National Eating Disorders Association

We NEED To Talk About This One Lizzie McGuire Episode

Photo: Courtesy of Disney Channel. Tell me the truth: Did you watch Lizzie McGuire when you were growing up? Did you know the theme song? Did you laugh at her animated alter ego? Did you think that Gordo and Lizzie were meant to be?Now, tell me this: Can you remember any single Lizzie McGuire episode or moment? It seems silly to think that a Disney Channel show about an average, adolescent girl could have been powerful enough to leave you with a memory that you carry 12 years after the show ...
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Depressing Study Finds Even 3-Year-Olds Have Body Image Issues

People used to think body-image issues start in adolescence. Then it was elementary school. Now, evidence suggests that body-image anxiety can take hold of kids as young as age 3. So basically, when they’re barely out of diapers.  A small but alarming new survey of more than 350 childcare professionals released by the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) in England on Wednesday asked whether they’d seen signs of body image issues in young children of both sexes.  Nearl...
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I Think My Friend Has An Eating Disorder & I Don’t Know What To Do

Welcome to Unprofessional Advice: a column to help you handle problems of all kinds. With zero professional experience and a complete lack of credentials, I will take on your issues with compassion and humor (and I'll keep it anonymous, obvs). Got a question? Email me at [email protected] Kelsey,I recently attended my college roomie's wedding, reuniting with another very close college friend who I've lost touch with over the years. When we met freshman year, she was open a...
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Never Posted A Swimsuit Photo On Instagram? This Might Convince You To

We’d bet that despite the number of beach photos you've posted on social media — proof of your idyllic vacations, no doubt — there are many more photos of you in a swimsuit hiding within your camera roll. But if you've been eyeing Aerie 's new swim campaign, perhaps you're feeling like it's time to share them with the world (or at least your social media friends) thanks to the face of #AerieREAL, Iskra Lawrence. After all, the 25-year-old model has that effect on people. Thanks to her ow...
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Weight Lifting Was The Key To My ED Recovery

Photographed by Lauren Perlstein. Exercise bulimia is often referred to as "the eating disorder no one talks about." It's true that it doesn't get as much airtime as disorders like anorexia, but I think that's because it often goes unrecognized and therefore unexplored. That's why Linnea Zielinski's raw and eloquent story about her journey through this horrific mire is one that needs to be heard, far and wide. — KMThe second time I collapsed from running, it was to the sound of hundreds of peo...
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Why I Work Out Less — & Am Healthier Than Ever

Photographed by Alexandra Gavillet. There was a time when I would have gone on a five-mile run and berated myself for slacking off. The minimum mileage for it to feel worth it would have had to be at least eight to 12 if I wanted to really feel good. Back then, when I lived in NYC, I maintained a strict sweat schedule: 45+ miles a week of running and at least three days a week of weights and stretching. Oh, and I walked to and from work — a four-mile total trek per day. On weekends, I challen...
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