Halloween Aftermath: 5 Ways Parents Can Promote a Healthy Relationship with Food
When Halloween falls on a Friday, it seems like the long weekend is even more laden with cookies, cupcakes, and candy. How you approach sweet or salty treats on holidays and every day can promote a healthy relationship with food. How you respond to the onslaught of what society deems “bad foods” can also miss […]
Body Acceptance & Diet Culture – A Parent’s Guide
In October, we celebrate Body Acceptance Week (National Eating Disorders Association) and at Sanford Behavioral Health we support NEDA. In fact, eating disorder programming has shaped the way the entire organization looks at body acceptance and meals. We know that body dissatisfaction is a risk factor in the development of an eating disorder. But […]
The Rise of Orthorexia – Healthy Eating on Steroids
Orthorexia is a variation of anorexia nervosa which presents as an obsessional desire to eat only “healthy” or “clean” foods and a preoccupation with exercise. Although the initial presentation may be different from traditional anorexia, the core issue – an unhealthy fear of weight gain – is the same. “Adolescents are a nutritionally […]
