“I might have a little disordered eating, but I don’t think it’s an eating disorder”(when it is an eating disorder). “I throw up sometimes to manage my weight, but it’s not a big deal.” These types of comments often come up in therapy and in common conversations.
A 2023 review by Miskovic-Wheatley and colleagues synthesized a decade’s worth of literature and provided an overview of what’s documented with eating disorders. Yet, as someone who has interacted with people with these illnesses my whole life and professionally treated people with eating disorders for over 15 years, I’ve come to suspect that real-life statistics are probably quite different than what studies can document. Here’s why. (Click for full article)
