Women share their eating disorder battles and why they finally got help
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (East Idaho News) Kimmie Smith had an extreme phobia of gaining weight. In her mind, she had to be skinny – no matter the cost.
The 25-year-old was just 10 when her battle with food began. Like many families, her parents were careful about what they ate, and her mom often spoke about dieting.
Low-calorie snacks were in the cupboard, exercise was a topic of discussion and a scale in the bathroom was used daily.
“I had this thing in my head that healthy is being skinny and seeing my mom’s patterns, I was like, ‘Oh, I need to eat less calories, count my calories and stay this weight forever,’” Smith tells EastIdahoNews.com. “I became obsessed with it and when I was almost 11, I had to go to a series of doctor’s appointments because my weight was dropping so much. I got to the point where I was 50 pounds at age 10.”
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In a room decorated with butterflies and inspirational quotes from female celebrities, a doctor hands a patient information about his recent eating disorder diagnosis. Using female pronouns, the pamphlet explains how the patient’s menstrual cycle will resume with recovery. Even for James L. Downs, “a gay yoga teacher who is in touch with his inner goddess,” this feels alienating. “I can only wonder how out of place a gym bro with an eating disorder might have felt in such a setting,” he tells InsideHook.
But Downs, a British mental health campaigner and “expert by experience” in eating disorders, was lucky. When 35-year-old Jason Wood finally sought treatment for orthorexia nervosa after struggling with disordered eating for two decades, his doctor simply suggested Wood go home and Google it. “My primary care physician didn’t provide me with a list of resource
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Eating disorders impacted by pandemic
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DENVER â Long before the pandemic, medical experts have grown increasingly concerned about mental health in America and a lot of those problems only got worse once the shutdowns began.
As we work to rebound from the effects of the pandemic, weâre taking a look at eating disorders as they continue to grip our nation.
Kelli Evans has struggled with an eating disorder most of her life, â17 is when my eating disorder started.
âI used my eating disorder a lot for gaining a sense of control in a very chaotic home,â Evans said.
Students will host a virtual workshop at 5 p.m. on March 4 to spread awareness about beauty standards following eating disorder awareness week. The goal of the event is to promote body acceptance, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Elizabeth Murray, Cougar Health Services peer health educator and senior psychology major. The event will include.