I’m sharing a summary of what the research says about eating disorders and disordered eating in mid-life, and why this lifestage can make people more vulnerable to EDs and disordered eating.
Show notes:
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In this episode, I talk about:
- How a lot of perimenopause and menopause messaging promotes disordered habits, celebrating and normalizing it,
- Some of the barriers to treatment,
- That eating disorders are often associated with young women and the problems with this,
- That data is limited since so few women actually seek and receive treatment,
- The biological aspect of it,
- What to do with this information,
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