Disordered Eating: It’s About More Than Food

A Virtual Panel Discussion

December 7, 2020: 7-8:30 p.m.

Currently within our culture, due to the access social media allows us to have, there is an increased obsession with size, weight, diet, and exercise. Research suggests that up to 50 percent of the population demonstrate some type of problematic or disordered relationships with food, their body, and/or exercise.

Defining and recognizing disordered eating is a complicated issue. People with eating disorders can be underweight, normal weight or overweight. It is impossible to diagnose anyone just by looking at them. Most sufferers use food and other behaviors such as; crash diets, starving, bingeing and purging to cope with unpleasant and overwhelming emotions and/or stressful situations. At least in the short term, these behaviors relieve anxiety and stress for the person. Long term, however, they actually increase anxiety and stress and create a number of other serious complications.

What are the signs and symptoms of disordered eating? How do you distinguish disordered eating from an actual eating disorder, or even from more normative dieting behaviors? Are you worried about your friend and don’t know what to do? And, what can be done to treat these behaviors once they become a problem?

Members of the Oak Knoll School community are invited to join us via Zoom for an informative panel to learn from a variety of experts.

Pre-registration required to receive Zoom credentials.