Health And Nutrition

“People told me to just eat.” – Lisa, 16 said when she was trying to recover from an eating disorder. Sadly, it’s not that simple. There are many underlying causes that can lead to eating disorders that are important to consider. While eating disorders may begin as obsessions with food and body, they are often about much more than weight. Understanding what lies behind eating disorders can help to understand and assist friends and peers who are struggling with unhealthy eating.

Many times, we are confronted with stressful situations.  What do we turn to?  Our loyal friend—food.  For many of us, the accessibility of food allows us to eat anything we want at any point of the day: food is as simple as a click away.  However, many tend to “stress eat” if we are going through a particularly difficult time at school or work, and we often chose greasy, fried, salty, or sweet foods to satiate our hunger.