Eating disorders are complex processes to live with and recover from – I know firsthand from my struggle and subsequent healing from one. They begin for multifaceted reasons, including genetic factors, trauma, the media’s fascination with thin bodies, and the medical community’s false belief that thinness equates to health. Treatment and support for eating disorders… Read more →
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The Freshman Fifteen: A Stigmatized Phenomenon
Seventeen magazine popularized the phrase “freshman fifteen” in 1989 and the phrase remains ubiquitous in U.S. culture today.1 Seventeen’s cover story “Fighting the Freshman 15” depicted the inevitable weight gain as an uphill, hopeless battle. The so-called “freshman fifteen” fostered a legendary nervous epidemic amongst students, especially women, entering their first year of college. How… Read more →