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It’s not all about control: challenging mainstream framing of eating disorders

Dawn Branley-Bell, Catherine V. Talbot, James Downs, Carolina Figueras Bates, Jessica Green, Beth McGilley, et al.
Journal of Eating Disorders Summary & key facts 2023 8 citations

This short paper, written by researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience, argues that thinking of eating disorders mainly as a problem of “control” is too simple. The authors say control can matter for some people, but making it the main story risks blaming the person, missing life events and…

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