Eating Disorders

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The Pandemic and Eating Disorders

In a recent article in the New York Times, adolescent psychologist Lisa Damour reported that eating disorders among teenagers have exploded during the pandemic. Eating disorder clinics are reporting a two-fold increase in intakes of adolescent patients since the pandemic…
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Bigorexia

Body dysmorphia occurs when one obsessively believes that a body part or appearance is severely flawed, and then wants to somehow hide or fix it. In today’s appearance-obsessed culture, body dysmorphia is on the rise. A growing number of kids…
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