
How to Support Loved Ones with Eating Disorders During the Holiday Season
The holiday season is typically filled with joyous occasions spent with family, cozy nights indoors, and celebrations with delicious food. For people struggling with eating disorders, however, these winter months can bring about increased inner pain and turmoil as they navigate around meals and foods commonly enjoyed with family and friends. The stress of dealing with binge eating, restrictive eating, and compensatory behavior may be overwhelming for people who have eating disorders, and it is often compounded by the fact that overeating is normalized during the holidays. An estimated 9% of people living in the U.S. will have an eating