Posts Tagged ‘adults

The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt (CED) will be hosting a live chat with Dr. Trisha Gura on Tuesday, September 30 starting at 8 p.m. EDT. Gura is the author of Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women and has become an advocate for dispelling the myth that [...]

This week is Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Australia. Because I think just one reaffirming week out of an entire year saturated with thin-frenzied and conflicting messages is the equivalent of taking Aleve for cancer, I’m appropriating Australia’s week and celebrating it here in the U.S., also. As the pinnacle of the [...]

I found this article to be particularly interesting, seeing as I myself experienced an adult-onset eating disorder. While the behaviors and triggers are often similar to adolescent-onset eating disorders, the psychology behind them can be vastly different. The Associated Press reports today on More Women Over 30 Battling Eating Disorders. More adult women than ever [...]

Siri Agrell reports in The Globe and Mail that eating disorders are on the rise in adults, particularly in women. One center in Toronto, Sheena’s Place, has seen such an increase in older patients that they are starting a group exclusively for adults age 25 and older. “The age range is quite phenomenal in our [...]


About this blog

This is a blog where a roster of three regular writers and several guest writers comment on the latest news about eating disorders. It isn’t just a news feed, nor a personal journal – it’s a hybrid of both. We discuss the news with our own personal spin.

We aren’t journalists or outsiders looking in. We have eating disorders. We know about this illness because we live it. Some of us are thoroughly active in our eating disorders while some are in recovery. Most are in some state in between.

Nothing is off-limits in terms of coverage. We write about everything from the onset of eating disorders to the long-term consequences thereof. We write about all eating disorders, not just anorexia and bulimia. And we write media reviews, short stories, and whatever comes to mind in relation to current events.

This does mean, however, that we may bring up some sensitive topics — things like abuse, rape, self-injury, etc., so tread carefully. We’ll tag posts with the appropriate warning label whenever possible.

Readers are encouraged to comment and participate in the discussion. Just click on the “comments” link under any entry.