Nutrition Comes First in Eating Disorder Recovery: Here’s Why
Nutrition comes first in eating disorder recovery. Here’s why treatment starts with food before feelings — and what it means for your family.
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Eating on Campus: 7 Essential Tips for College Students
Eating on campus doesn’t have to be stressful. Get simple, weight-inclusive tips for dorm life, dining halls, and building meals that actually work for you.
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Weight Restoration: What to Expect and How to Show Up
Weight restoration brings up a lot of questions for caregivers. Here’s what’s actually happening and how to support your loved one through it.
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Build a Balanced Lunchbox: 5 Back-to-School Lunch Ideas from an Eating Disorder Dietitian
A flexible, dietitian-approved guide to packing balanced lunchboxes — no food rules, 5 ready-to-go combos, and real tips for busy mornings.
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Reclaiming Snacks
As I talk to clients throughout the week, I get the sense that snacks have become an almost taboo eating opportunity, and I get it! The sneaky ways that diet and wellness culture enters our lives leaves us with a ton of rules and confusion about the role snacks play in our diet. Unfortunately, there’s…
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“Summertime Sadness”… But It’s About Your Body
Lana Del Rey’s Summertime Sadness captures something most of us know but rarely name out loud. That ache of longing, loss, and emotional heaviness that doesn’t always match the brightness of the season. Summer is supposed to feel light and free. But for a lot of people, it doesn’t. And if you’ve ever dreaded putting…
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Fixing Your Body vs. Fixing Your Body Image
It makes sense that so many people reach for body change when they’re struggling. We live in a culture that constantly suggests: If you could just look different, you’d feel different. But here’s the truth we see again and again in eating disorder and body image work: Fixing your body and fixing your body image…
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Diet Culture Isn’t Neutral: Understanding Body Ideals
Can I be real? When people say “diet culture,” it can sometimes sound like a harmless trend: a few annoying messages on social media, a new “clean eating” plan, a wellness challenge at work. But diet culture isn’t just a set of personal choices. It’s a system. And systems don’t exist in a vacuum. In…
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Maximize Your Food Budget with Planet-Healthy Food Waste Solution
By Jessica Knight, dietetic intern Maximize Your Food Budget with Planet-Healthy Food Waste Solutions In our previous post, we discussed food insecurity and offered solutions. One topic we reviewed that applies to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status or food security is food waste. It’s easy to turn a blind eye to waste during your day-to-day…
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Shedding Light on Food Insecurity
By Jessica Knight, dietetic intern In such a busy world, there are enough obstacles in the way of nourishing our bodies and minds without having to wonder where the next meal is coming from. When utilities, taxes, healthcare expenses, and other costs are looming, the grocery bill is often the first to get cut. A…
