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When Health Conversations Cause Harm: Understanding Weight Stigma
When Health Conversations Cause Harm: Understanding Weight Stigma Every September, we recognize Weight Stigma Awareness Week, giving us an opportunity to examine the assumptions we make about body size and health. [...]
When to Seek Eating Disorder Support During the School Year
When to Seek Eating Disorder Support During the School Year For many families, the back-to-school season feels like a reset. New schedules, earlier bedtimes, homework, sports practices, and busy calendars quickly [...]
Is Virtual Eating Disorder Treatment Right for You? Insights from EDCare’s Virtual IOP Team
Is Virtual Eating Disorder Treatment Right for You? Insights from EDCare's Virtual IOP Team Recovery doesn't always fit neatly into one setting. For some individuals, stepping away from work, school, family [...]
Beyond the Stereotypes: Creating Safer, More Inclusive Eating Disorder Care
Beyond the Stereotypes: Creating Safer, More Inclusive Eating Disorder Care Eating disorders impact people of every race, ethnicity, gender, age, and body type, yet longstanding stereotypes continue to influence who receives [...]
Why Affirming Care Matters in Eating Disorder Recovery
Why Affirming Care Matters in Eating Disorder Recovery Eating disorder recovery asks people to be vulnerable in profound ways. Treatment often involves conversations about body image, identity, shame, control, relationships, and [...]
Understanding Eating Disorders as Mental Health Conditions
Understanding Eating Disorders as Mental Health Conditions Many people still misunderstand eating disorders as being about food or appearance alone, which contributes to shame, delayed treatment, and resistance to higher levels [...]
The Overlap Between Chronic Stress and Eating Disorders
The Overlap Between Chronic Stress and Eating Disorders April is Stress Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge that stress impacts us all in both big and small ways. Chronic stress, or [...]
Nutrition, Mental Health, and Eating Disorders: What Families Need to Know
Nutrition, Mental Health, and Eating Disorders: What Families Need to Know Every March, we celebrate National Nutrition Month, an opportunity to explore the ways that nourishment impacts not only our physical [...]