National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Better Body Image


Updated 02/24/10 1:57 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 1 comment

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Better Body Image

Since it's National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, NEDA ambassador and best-selling author Jenni Schaefer is sharing her insights with us. Yesterday Jenni told us that although she struggled with serious eating disorders for years, she thinks recovery gave her a better body image than she could have ever hoped for. She said: "I spent years talking to a therapist about the size of my thighs. Read more

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: The Thin Ideal


Updated 02/23/10 10:05 AM · Posted by TresSugar · 0 comments

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: The Thin Ideal

Since it's National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, NEDA ambassador and best-selling author Jenni Schaefer is sharing her insights with us. After struggling with anorexia and bulimia, Jenni finally divorced her eating disorder. Here are Jenni's thoughts on how society plays a role in eating disorders. How much does society contribute to an eating disorder and how much is it an individual's Read more

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Divorcing Ed


Updated 09/01/11 1:15 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 1 comment

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Divorcing Ed

At age four, author Jenni Schaefer felt fat in dance class. At the age of 22, when her life had become unmanageable thanks to anorexia and bulimia, Jenni committed to getting help and began the long path toward successfully "divorcing" her eating disorder. Jenni has written two books — Life Without Ed and Goodbye Ed, Hello Me — and now serves as an ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Read more

Dear Poll: Have You, or Someone You Know, Ever Been Affected by an Eating Disorder?


Updated 03/04/10 2:52 PM · Posted by · 35 comments

Dear Poll: Have You, or Someone You Know, Ever Been Affected by an Eating Disorder?

This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and since as many as 10 million females and one million males in the US are suffering from an eating disorder, I'm thankful that we have resources such as the National Eating Disorders Association. Their main goal is to raise awareness, educate, support, and eventually help eradicate eating disorders altogether. Body image issues are common Read more

Speak Up: How Have Eating Disorders Affected You?


Updated 01/14/11 10:43 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 65 comments

Speak Up: How Have Eating Disorders Affected You?

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week encourages eating disorder sufferers to get help and educates the public. Some of you are all too aware of them, whether you've personally suffered or watched someone close to you. Part of raising awareness is speaking out. Whether it's recognizing their effects on the mind, body, and relationships or understanding recovery is possible, opening up about Read more

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week


Updated 03/20/10 10:00 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

I want to make you all aware that it is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Eating disorders are serious issues and there are a lot of folks out there suffering. Most of us have heard of anorexia and bulimia, but MSNBC recently reported that binge eating is the most common eating disorder in the US. Just as it not easy to assume that all eating disorders are the same, it is not easy to Read more

Supportive Websites For Help With Eating Disorders


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Supportive Websites For Eating Disorders

The last week of February is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and this year's motto is, "It's Time to Talk About It." If you or someone you know is suffering from an ED, here's a list of online resources that can offer information, support, and help. Hopefully, this will help in bringing them one step closer to talking about it. SomethingFishy: This is an active website with lots of Read more