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How Do I Overcome Low Self-Esteem in Eating Disorder Recovery?

Low self-esteem is an integral part of eating disorders like anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED), often driving many of the disordered thoughts and behaviors that characterize these conditions. But that [...]
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How to Encourage a Partner Who Struggles With Poor Body Image

If your partner struggles with poor body image, you’re not alone. Body insecurity is remarkably common. By age 13, more than half of American girls are unhappy with their bodies. [...]
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Is BMI an Accurate Measure of Healthy Weight?

Woman Dealing with Depression and Eating Disorders

Is Body Mass Index (BMI) an accurate way to measure whether you are at a healthy weight? It has been the standard of measurement for healthy weight for a number of [...]
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Accepting Our Bodies: Making Peace with Ourselves

A positive body image consists of several various factors. A person with positive body image has a sense of acceptance, respect, and control of their body. Overall, a healthy body image [...]
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Executive Women and Anorexia: Leaders May Imply Lean is Powerful

Eating disorders among women over 30 is becoming more common, and a study suggests that almost 4% of middle-aged women between their 40s and 50s are affected by an eating [...]
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Body Image & Disordered Eating

Woman sitting on a bridge struggling with disordered eating

Body image can be defined as the perception that a person has of himself or herself. It can include the physical self, thoughts, and feelings around their awareness of self. [...]
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Avatars & Anorexia: What We Can Learn About Body Image

The relationship between eating disorders and technology is complicated. Technological advancements have brought about social media and harmful pro-eating disorder websites that increase the prevalence of eating disorders. Even so, [...]
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Male Body Image Issues: Singapore

Man from Singapore struggling with body image

Male eating disorders are on the rise in Westernized societies, and recently there have been disturbances in men in Singapore. With an increasing amount of media and body image concerns on [...]
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Body Image & Sports Involvement in College Students

Body image can be described as your personal evaluation of self and others, based on body weight, shape, size, and appearance. It is connected to self-esteem and self-worth. Athletics can [...]
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