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How to Help Someone with an Eating Disorder

By Lauren Muhlheim — 2021

If you’re here, it's because you want to better support someone in your life who has an eating disorder—and that's an amazing first step. Very likely, you are feeling worried about your loved one and you are confused about what you should and should not do.

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