The March installment of: what the hell have I done this month? Stick with me while I try to remember some things I’ve been thinking or otherwise been into for the past few weeks. GLP-1s and reemergence of body image/disordered eating challenges I have been continuing to think a lot about the impact GLP-1s and the intense new focus on thinner bodies (celebrities, social media, normal every day life) is having on those with a history of disordered eating and eating disorders who were previously in a pretty good place. Well, more than thinking because some of my clients and patients, many of whom had developed great relationships with their bodies and food, are backsliding somewhat because this content can be so triggering. The body acceptance movement has taken a distant backseat as the thin ideal dominates once again, and this seems like just the beginning. I wonder if, no matter what happens with body positivity and acceptance, the knowledge we have on the disordered eating spectrum, etc., if it’s always going to come back to “
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