Eating and Body Image Concerns
Have you found yourself obsessing over how many calories you eat in a day? Or isolating from social engagements for fear of eating too much?
Is your 10 year old commenting about how “fat” they are, or you notice that they have been missing at mealtimes, or complaining that they had a big lunch so aren’t hungry at dinner?
Do you spend a lot of time in front of the mirror checking your body, pinching parts of your body, or criticizing yourself because of how you look? Do you ever exercise to the point of exhaustion, or use exercise as a form of punishment?
These might be passing concerns but they are also signs of what we can see with budding eating disorders, so it could be useful to explore in a conversation with one of our team.
Helpful Resources
Websites
Academy of Cognitive Therapy International OCD Foundation
Academy of Eating Disorders Intuitive Eating
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Maudsley Parents
Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA)
Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) Mirror, Mirror
Be Nourished National Association of Eating Disorders (NEDA)
Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Eating Disorder Hope Samaritians, Inc.
FedUP Collective The Center for Mindful Eating
International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP)
Podcasts
Food Psych
Love, Food
Recovery Bites
The NPRD
Body Positive Instagram accounts to follow
@alliancefored
@benourishedpdx
@chr1styharrison
@dietitiananna
@neda
@nourishedmindscounseling
@raganchastain
@recoverwithmeda
@thebodyisnotanapology
@Thenprd