In recent years, eating disorders have gained more awareness and schools are starting to take proactive measures to inform their students of both the risks and the treatment options available.
The University has several pamphlets and online student resources which address eating disorders, including treatment brochures, but unfortunately the same cannot be said for disordered eating.Â
The Mindwise PDF posted on the University s website which gives students information about eating disorders refers to both âdisordered eatingâ and âeating disordersâ interchangeably, but while the two are undoubtedly connected, theyâre not the same.
According to Temimah Zucker, LMSW, with the National Eating Disorders Association, âNormalized, non-disordered eating is when one mindfully consumes food when hungry and is able to stop when full. Additionally, they incorporate variety into their diet.â Disordered eating and eating disorders both div
Matildas star Katrina Gorry opens up about her eating disorder and using pregnancy to heal
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Matildas midfielder Katrina Gorry says as she got older she started to identify her struggle with body image issues and nutrition.
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Katrina Gorry doesn t quite know how or when it started.
There wasn t a single moment a passing comment from someone she trusted, a photo of herself she didn t like that flipped a switch in her head, making her care more about numbers on the bathroom scale or the nutrition panels on food containers than how she felt within herself.
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Key points:
The link between diabetes and eating disorders is well documented in research and it can be very high risk
Withholding insulin to control weight causes numerous physical and mental health conditions
The term diabulimia is not recognised as a medical or psychiatric diagnosis, leaving sufferers in a grey area