Published by: Just a Mom Podcast
Interview With: Susie Gurley
Introduction: In this episode of the Just a Mom podcast, we explore eating disorders with Dr. Samantha DeCaro, a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. DeCaro discusses the prevalence, causes, and prevention of eating disorders, touching on the complex relationship with mental health, anxiety, and depression.
Pandemic’s Impact on Eating Disorders:
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Isolation during the pandemic contributed to eating disorders.
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Increase in social media use, body dissatisfaction, and comparison.
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Food insecurity, anxiety, grief, and loss as triggering factors.
Factors Contributing to Eating Disorders:
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Social media’s role in body image dissatisfaction.
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Challenging myths about who can have an eating disorder.
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Awareness efforts lead to increased diagnoses.
Difference Between Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating:
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Eating disorders as complex psychiatric disorders.
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Disordered eating exists on a spectrum, ranging from clinical disorders to healthy relationships with food.
Promoting Healthy Attitudes in Children:
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Importance of language around food and body image.
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Teaching that all bodies come in different shapes and sizes.
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Encouraging connection with body signals and cues.
And More!
Listen to the full episode here.
