The rise in competitive gym culture and trending diets could be fuelling an increase in the rare eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa. Fitness influencers have seen a surge in popularity on social media since the pandemic, with extreme fitness enthusiasts amassing a large online following as they undertake daunting challenges or follow unusual diets such as … Read more
“You just always have to be healthy.” A former co-worker used to snarkily say this to me at every group work meal whenever I ordered a salad or something else vegetarian, which I was at the time. She always said it in a way that suggested she perceived what was on my plate as an … Read more
New guidelines calling on primary-care providers to screen all adolescent patients for eating disorders are being welcomed by health-care professionals and experts, who add that education is still needed to ensure diagnoses aren’t missed. The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) released the recommendations on Thursday, which asked for patients to be screened not only during routine … Read more
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“ Back to Black ” as a movie is a tame and mediocre affair. A conventionally told biopic about a talented artist who became famous, struggled with drugs, depression and bulimia, and died early. There are nice performances from gifted actors like Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville, and a soundtrack of … Read more
Anxiety, self harm and eating disorders are now ‘part and parcel of growing up’ a leading expert warns at the launch of a new report highlighting the scale of mental illness among youngsters. The analysis, released last week, reveals up to one in five 13-14 year olds has a probable eating disorder, and one in … Read more
There’s a reason why “little treat” culture is so popular; it’s completely natural to be motivated by a reward waiting for you on the other side of something you don’t want to do. Food is a go-to reward because it’s relatively inexpensive and, well, eating is fun. As a kid, you might have been rewarded … Read more
“You just always have to be healthy.” A former co-worker used to snarkily say this to me at every group work meal whenever I ordered a salad or something else vegetarian, which I was at the time. She always said it in a way that suggested she perceived what was on my plate as an … Read more
