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The Connection Between Body Image and Eating Disorders

By Lauren Muhlheim — 2021

Body image distress is often seen as a symptom of an eating disorder. However, not every person with an eating disorder has a problematic body image and many people who do not have eating disorders have poor body image.

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Learn about the difference between body positivity and body neutrality.

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How to Practice Body Neutrality: Accepting Your Body as It Is

Body neutrality is the idea of accepting your body as it is. Because that's easier said than done, this is a discussion of tools that will help.

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Too Many Gay Men Still Hate Their Bodies

It’s no secret that certain segments of the gay community hold high, near-oppressive standards of what counts as sexually attractive. Countless gay men have struggled to see themselves within it as a result.

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Jack Hobbs
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Why Do So Many Gay and Bisexual Men Struggle With Body Image?

What began as a proud assertion of identity has itself become a trope; the stereotype of a gay man now is one who goes to the gym and takes care of himself.

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Philip Ellis
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One in Three LGBTQ People Have Experienced Suicidal Thoughts Over Body Image

“Millions of adults across the UK are struggling with concerns about their body image, but of all the groups surveyed, the LGBT+ community is most likely to be affected.”

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Daniel Megarry
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Olympic Swimmer Nathan Adrian on Testicular Cancer Diagnosis: I ‘Felt Betrayed by My Own Body’

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I Was Betrayed by My Body

‘Skin cancer worked its way into my lymph nodes. I was devastated.’

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