eating disorders
This is the age I was considered overweight by well-meaning adults and put on my first diet.
With approximately 45 million Americans going on diets each year, some children are bound to be in the crosshairs of the diet-wellness industrial complex in this country.
Everyone who goes on a diet to lose weight develops disordered eating behaviors. . .and one out of four of them go on to develop full-blown eating disorders. In the US alone, every fifty-two minutes, someone dies from eating disorder complications.
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My daughter took this picture soon after a professional photoshoot for a magazine. I had fasted prior to it in order to be a smaller size and have a flatter stomach.
I was most celebrated by the medical community when I was the sickest with an eating disorder. My weight loss story was even featured on a popular doctor’s TV show.
However, it’s a narrative many of us share.
Read MoreIn the summer of 2008, I embarked on a journey to get my health back by experimenting with plant-based nutrition.
