Just another sign of the depressing amount of damage that can be done by bullying-related behaviors.
Bad moods come and go, making us feel irritable, cynical, or depressed, and often causing us to sin against others. How do we navigate these difficult emotions?
New research illustrates a heartbreaking, vicious cycle: Teasing kids about their weight not only bruises their self-esteem, it also appears to trigger more weight gain.
Antidepressants can be an effective treatment option for severe depression. Unfortunately, they can cause various side effects including weight gain.
Don’t go it alone in battling stress and depression. Here are tips to help.
One of the most significant places where weight stigma is a problem is within the provider community of the healthcare system, because in many ways we look to this community to have a certain knowledge and sensitivity. There can be the issue of pressure to maintain what is considered a healthy weight, which can sometimes be unique for a person in recovery from an eating disorder. Also, some healthcare providers may not have an awareness about the prevalence and seriousness of eating disorders…
Why is the maintenance of our relationship my responsibility?
The complex relationship between weight and depressive disorders
Studies show, couch potatoes need to move to lose weight. However, if you are already very active, increasing your exercise may not increase the calories you burn all day.
Conversations around weight are hard. Being a dietitian – especially a dietitian that works with the eating disorder population - weight comes up in nearly every conversation that I have. While it is a common assumption to think that eating disorders are about food, they are not