A. David Wall, Caleb Mitchell, Travis Stewart

The Body as Battleground: Eating Disorders, Yo-Yo Diets, and the Survival of the Thinnest

After twenty-five years of counseling over 7,000 women with eating disorders, reflecting on what could lead someone to starve herself to death, or to consume 20,000 calories a day punctuated by self-induced vomiting, we ask ourselves: What has gone wrong in our relationship with our bodies? There are three aspects of modern Western culture that […]

Darcy Tucker, LAMFT, MA

Emotional Eating and America’s Obesity Problem

Picture a fashion model in a magazine. Fashion industry research indicates a high probability that she has an eating disorder—either anorexia or bulimia. This should come as no surprise, since industry standards select and continue to employ models who are significantly underweight. Now think of a neighbor or coworker. Although it may not be obvious, […]