Eating Disorder Awareness: Spread the Word

February 1st to 7th is Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW), a week dedicated to make echo of the relevance of Eating Disorders, the dangers and risk of people struggling with them and the resources available to help.

An Eating Disorder, now called Feeding and Eating Disorder (FED), is a serious life-threatening illness that involves a group of typical eating habits/ behaviours that greatly endanger health. These atypical and harmful eating habits are accompanied by disrupted thoughts and emotions about eating such as excessively worrying about food, their body image and weight. Moreover, the disrupted eating behaviours are related to deeper emotional roots, self-image and coping mechanism to deal with overwhelming feelings.

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Eating Disorder Nutrition By: Emma DeRaaf

Did you know that March is nutrition month? I didn’t either until I got an email from my dietician. When I got the email, I thought about how great it is that we can focus on taking care of ourselves. Yet, I also thought about how this is a great time to educate ourselves. While creating a dialogue of support with those who suffer from eating disorders, disordered eating behaviours, and all the other aspects having to do with nutrition and our bodies that may not fit into simple diagnostic categories. As someone who has been in Recovery for my own eating disorder for almost a decade, I know how important it is to learn and support those who live within the reality of their eating disorder. Like many struggling with alcohol and drug addictions, even a decade into Recovery, the reality of my eating disorder still exists within me.