The Fat Male Body in Eating Disorders Research
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be a binge-eater who is male…and fat. Gone are the days when my bingeing was disguised by the edifices…
Posts Tagged: eating disorders awareness week
Binge Eating Disorder Recovery – a tough week
Beginning to earnestly work on my recovery again has reminded me of a sad but essential fact – working toward recovery is exhausting – and that’s only after four days….
Recovery from Binge Eating Disorder – Yesterday’s Realisation
A long time ago, my therapist asked me if my being vegetarian was more related to my eating disorder than it was to a conscious lifestyle decision around the avoidance…
Returning to recovery
As it’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week, I wanted to mark the occasion by doing something a little different. So, instead of editing excerpts from my research journal I’m going to…
Orthorexia
Orthorexia has caused mild controversy (in my opinion, at least) as it is not a medically recognised classification and diagnosis. However, when Knight & Bratman’s book is read (Health Food Junkies),…
Pica
It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week and here’s another (hopefully useful or informative) nugget. Pica is, perhaps, one of the lesser known diagnoses which sometimes is thrown into the pot with…
“Food is not fun”(?)
I’ve been re-reading Jim Kohl’s Skeletal Marriage from which the title quote is taken this week due to some editing work I’m doing on one of my analytical chapters. And…
EDAW 2015
Eating Disorders Awareness week is here – click on the image for further details if you’d like to help.
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
…is coming soon! Monday 23rd February to Sunday 2nd March. If you want to get involved this year then talk to Sam at Men Get Eating Disorders Too.
It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2013
If you are a man who is worried that he may be experiencing an eating disorder, or just someone who would like more information on EDs, then get in touch…
Chewing the Fat in Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
I’ve been avidly writing something for publication so I’ve not been updating extracts from my research journal for a while. Today I wanted to share what promises to be an…