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EATING DISORDERLY
Can one bring an eating disorder back into order?
Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Esalen from the Lotus Collaborative
Some of us eat to live. Others live to eat. The rest of us have lost control of eating.
In fact, many people throughout the developed world now suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some point in their life. These disorders include anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, or disorders not otherwise specified.
Contrary to what some might think, eating disorders are not a fad or lifestyle choice; they are real, complex, and devastating conditions that have very serious consequences for one’s health and productivity. The extent to which we in the developed world suffer from eating disorders leads us to ask…
To what extent do we suffer from eating disorders? Who is most vulnerable to losing control of their eating? How does one address a loved who has an eating disorder? How are eating disorders treated? And…
Can one bring an eating disorder back into order?
