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Joy Tapper in India, January 2020
As Joy Tapper drove up to the McDonald’s drive-thru window, she wasn’t feeling hunger, but deep shame. The mother of four, then in her mid-40s, was in a “semi-catatonic state” as she ordered several Big Macs, fries, and a large Coke. She ate in her car, then vomited into the empty containers before driving home.
For most of her life, food was Joy Tapper’s drug of choice, but this episode, which happened in the early ’80s, marked a particularly low point. Tapper had driven to McDonald’s straight from an eating disorder therapy session. She had been diagnosed with bulimia a few years prior, after a magazine article on the illness prompted her to seek treatment. But even before the doctor put a name to her illness, she knew she had an addictive relationship with food.
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Study finds correlation between COVID-19 pandemic and six unhealthy eating behaviors
A new probe into the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed correlations to six unhealthy eating behaviors, according to a study by the University of Minnesota Medical School and School of Public Health. Researchers say the most concerning finding indicates a slight increase or the re-emergence of eating disorders, which kill roughly 10,200 people every year about one person every 52 minutes.
U of M Medical School s Melissa Simone, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, collaborated with School of Public Health professor and head of the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, to learn from study participants in Neumark-Sztainer s Project EAT between April and May 2020.
Covid pandemic linked to 6 unhealthy eating behaviours
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New York, April 13 : A new research into the lingering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed correlations to six unhealthy eating behaviours.
The study found six key themes of eating behaviour changes mindless eating and snacking; increased food consumption; generalized decrease in appetite or dietary intake; eating to cope; pandemic-related reductions in dietary intake and a re-emergence or marked increase in eating disorder symptoms.
The researchers said that the most concerning findings are a slight increase or the re-emergence of eating disorders, which kill roughly 10,200 people every year about one person every 52 minutes.
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Allison Miller and her boyfriend enjoyed six months of normalcy before the pandemic hit. But their relationship quickly became a lot more real as they went from seeing each other on weekends to working remotely under the same roof.
Miller, who was fearful of contracting COVID-19 after nearly dying from the flu in 2014, says through it all, her boyfriend was fantastic, supportive and a blessing.
While some couples have struggled to communicate and agree on COVID protocols during the last year, others have thrived. But experts say the next stage could be a challenge as couples who have grown closer adjust to post-pandemic life.