Eating disorders are often times associated with specific races, age groups, and even career choices…think white teenage actress/models. But the truth is that eating disorders do not discriminate. According to the National Eating Disorder Association, 10 million American women suffer from eating disorders. This is not a Black v. White epidemic, and it certainly does […]
Black women suffer from eating disorders too. There’s a stereotype that claims that eating disorders are for White teenaged women. However, when I had to Google, “Am I addicted to food?” one night as I finished off two large bags of Honey BBQ Cheese Doodles and was working on my third row of Chips Ahoy […]
This “housewife” is known for making headlines and now, denying claims from her ‘Housewives’ co-stars that she has an eating disorder. “I’m not anorexic!” she insists in the new issue of InTouch Weekly.
It’s a long-standing myth that women of color don’t suffer from eating disorders. However, anorexia and bulimia doesn’t have a race qualification… and it’s an especially tough issue during the holiday season.
