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All Eating & Body Image essays
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Binge Eating Is Not a Willpower Problem
Loss of control, distress, and secrecy around eating deserve care. Learn how BED is assessed, what treatments can help, and how to ask for an appointment.
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What Bulimia Costs Before Anyone Notices
Bulimia can be serious before anyone sees a change. Learn what dental and medical symptoms can mean, how treatment helps, and what to say at a visit.
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You Can Be Very Sick at Any Weight
Atypical anorexia can cause serious harm without a low body weight. Learn what an assessment considers and how to ask for care.
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What Medication Can and Cannot Do
Understand what medicines may help in bulimia, BED, and anorexia, what they cannot replace, and which safety questions to bring to your prescriber.
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When Weekly Visits Are Not Enough
Understand outpatient, day, residential, and hospital care, what to ask before admission, and why California insurance pathways depend on your plan.
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Weight-Loss Medication and the Eating Disorder Nobody Screened For
GLP-1 medicines have valid medical uses, but eating-disorder questions remain. Learn what evidence shows and what eating changes to discuss with a prescriber.
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ADHD, Autism, and When Eating Becomes Hard to Manage
Learn how sensory needs, routines, medication effects, and eating-disorder symptoms can overlap, and which assessment and treatment supports to discuss.
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Boys Get Eating Disorders Too
Boys and men can have eating disorders at any body size. Learn how distress, food rules, exercise, and daily life can guide a request for help.
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Nobody Ages Out of an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders can begin, persist, or return in midlife. Learn what menopause research can explain and how to ask for care that fits adulthood.
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The Athlete Who Is Running on Empty
Good performance does not rule out health risk. Learn how REDs and eating disorders differ, what changes deserve review, and who should guide return to sport.
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“He’s Not Picky. He’s Afraid.”: When Food Avoidance May Be ARFID
ARFID may involve choking fear, texture distress, or low interest in food. Learn the warning signs, safe parent responses, and when eating problems need urgent care.
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Better Isn’t the Same as Recovered: What Recovery Means After Medical Stabilization
Weight gain and stable vital signs matter, but recovery has several parts. Learn what follow-up is watching, what refeeding needs, and when returning symptoms need urgent care.
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“You Didn’t Cause It. You’re Part of the Treatment.”: Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Eating Disorders
Family-based treatment does not blame parents. Learn how FBT works for adolescent anorexia, what each team member does, and when outpatient care is not safe or enough.
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The Words at Your Kitchen Table: Talking With Kids About Food, Weight, and Bodies
A non-blaming guide to weight talk, dieting, teasing, praise, family meals, and body image for parents of children ages 9 to 13, with what the evidence does and does not show.
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Muscle Dysmorphia
Imagine working out every day. You spend hours at the gym. You eat perfectly. You do everything right. But when you look in the mirror, you still see someone small and weak. No matter how much muscle you build, it never feels like enough.
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EATING DISORDERS 101
Eating disorders are serious, life‑threatening mental illnesses that affect people of all ages, genders, and body sizes, and most individuals with them are not underweight.