Eating disorders

It's Eating Disorder Awareness Week in Canada

It's Eating Disorder Awareness Week in Canada

Eating Disorder Therapist, Kyla Fox, shares what behaviours to look out for and how to prevent them at home

Kyla Fox

What to Say When Your Kid Doesn't Like Their Body (Or Something About It)

What to Say When Your Kid Doesn't Like Their Body (Or Something About It)

Kyla Fox

Real Talk: Food, Bodies & Parenting

Real Talk: Food, Bodies & Parenting

Eating Disorder Therapist, Kyla Fox, shares tips to help kids develop a healthy relationship with food

Kyla Fox

7 ways you're accidentally teaching diet culture to your kids

7 ways you're accidentally teaching diet culture to your kids

Cara Rosenbloom

Pregnancy is the eating disorder trigger that no one ever talks about

Pregnancy health

Pregnancy is the eating disorder trigger that no one ever talks about

The changes that occur during pregnancy and postpartum can make women feel like their bodies are out of control. That's when eating disorders creep in.

Raina Delisle

The hardest thing about parenting with an eating disorder? Everything

The hardest thing about parenting with an eating disorder? Everything

My path to eating disorder recovery has taken many turns, and now that I’m raising daughters, there’s another twist. How do I keep them, and me, healthy?

Halina Newberry Grant

"Mommy, why are you fat?"

"Mommy, why are you fat?"

When my six-year-old asked me this question, I'd sort of been expecting it. That doesn't mean I was sure how to answer it.

Sunny Sea Gold

Growing up without a dad was the best thing to happen to me

Growing up without a dad was the best thing to happen to me

I came to expect two things out of life: hard work and rejection. Then I learned that I could survive, and surpass, those blows.

Cyndy Etler

Pica during pregnancy: An eating disorder that isn’t actually about food

Pregnancy health

Pica during pregnancy: An eating disorder that isn’t actually about food

Pining for non-food items during pregnancy? That’s an eating disorder called pica and, although it can cause problems, it is treatable.

Grace Toby

Is there something more serious going on with your picky eater?

Is there something more serious going on with your picky eater?

Lots of kids go through picky eating phases. But sometimes, a child's food issues are actually symptoms of an eating disorder called ARFID.

Lisa Kadane

I love my Fitbit but I'm not letting my daughter have the kids' version

I love my Fitbit but I'm not letting my daughter have the kids' version

I'm super chill about my seven-year-old's use of technology. But I won't let her wear a Fitbit Ace, the Fitbit for kids, or any other activity tracker.

Avery Swartz

Mental health problems during pregnancy are more common than you think

Pregnancy health

Mental health problems during pregnancy are more common than you think

Pregnancy isn't always joyous: New research shows that one in four women struggles with some sort of mental health problem while they're expecting.

Jill Buchner

While worrying about getting pregnant, my eating disorder slinked back

While worrying about getting pregnant, my eating disorder slinked back

My eating disorder has made me do a strange kind of algebra, calculating what I need to lose to off-set what I might gain during pregnancy.

JoAnna Novak

We need to stop discriminating against plus-size pregnant women

Pregnancy health

We need to stop discriminating against plus-size pregnant women

Women who are overweight or obese are facing discrimination from healthcare providers who should be helping them have healthy pregnancies.

Raina Delisle

Why being pregnant is a struggle when you've had an eating disorder

Why being pregnant is a struggle when you've had an eating disorder

When you have a history of disordered eating and become pregnant, you can feel like you’re losing control of your body all over again.

Today's Parent

What your kid is really saying when she says "I'm hungry"

What your kid is really saying when she says "I'm hungry"

Kids eat when they’re hungry, bored or just craving something sweet. Teaching them the difference can promote a healthier relationship with food.

Cara Rosenbloom

Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): When it’s more than picky eating

Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): When it’s more than picky eating

Is picky eating a problem in your house? Kids with this eating disorder lose weight and can have nutritional deficiency.

Claire Gagne

Reacting to teen behaviour

Reacting to teen behaviour

Nora Underwood

Hoarding food

Ruwa Sabbagh

Eating disorders in boys and girls

Eating disorders in boys and girls

Andrea Neblett