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NEDA: A Beacon of Support in My Recovery Journey

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Struggling with an eating disorder is a frightening experience, especially when faced with limited resources and societal stigma. I encountered this struggle firsthand at the age of 15, 27 years ago, when eating disorders were still shrouded…
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No Diet Day: Free to be me (you)

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No Diet Day was started by Mary Evans Young in 1992 and is an annual movement to reject diet culture. NEDA would like to encourage you to consider the impact diet culture has on your relationship with your body and join the movement to practice…
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The Dangers of Diet Culture

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Growing up in the early 2000’s, diet culture was a major part of my life, and played a significant role in the development of my first eating disorder. I still remember when I was little going to weight loss  meetings and consults with…
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Diet Culture Domino

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You came into this world A beautiful being How amazing! Only one of you Only one of me Mama wonders about your personality No thoughts of a child hating their body As you grow up, messages pop up on the tv Photoshopped…
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Big Questions in Small Moments

Breathe in the unapologetic atmosphere that’s embraced you from the moment you breathed out into the cosmos. Before you strive to make yourself smaller, before you fight to disappear… Who can demand that you do so? Who can declare…
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Dear Diet, I’m Done and It’s Over

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How young were you when you first dieted? I was a very young 12 years old when I first jumped on the diet train, and I rode that train one way or another for ten years of my life. For the entirety of my adolescence and beginning of my young…
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The All Too Common Diet Culture to Eating Disorder Pipeline

I am 20-years-old. I haven’t been on a diet, or restricted my food, in over four years. I eat intuitively, honoring my hunger and my cravings. I am free. 14-year-old me would never believe that statement. 14-year-old me had gone on such…
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Nurse and Patient: Living With an Eating Disorder

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My history with disordered eating and eating disorders involved dieting, which was sometimes disguised as "lifestyle changes" or "clean eating". Dieting was and is everywhere and there is always a new way to lose weight or a new food plan…
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The Consequences of Diet Culture on Weddings

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When I told my friends and family that I was dieting for my wedding, no one batted an eye. That statement didn’t seem out of the ordinary. In fact, it felt more like an assumption or expectation. Unfortunately, that’s what diet culture…
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Drawing The Line

Studies have shown that individuals with an eating disorder are far more likely to develop or have a coexisting substance use disorder.1,2Sadly, this isn’t a surprising statistic and could have been me at the height of my eating disorder in…

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