'If eating disorders for Black women are rooted in racism, then work must be done to address the harmful impact. And to date, eating disorder solutions have failed Black women, who are less likely to be diagnosed or receive treatment.'
, binging and bulimia, and attributes the start of her eating disorder to a lack of consistent access to enough food. “I grew up extremely food insecure, so food took on an entire personality,” she says. “I formed friendships with kids who had full refrigerators in order to get fed. I didn’t always have dinner or food in the cupboards so I wasn’t able to take for granted that I would be fed.
The pretense that all Black women want curvy, voluptuous bodies can also further intensify the severity of an eating disorder and downplay the reality of those who are suffering. “For a long time researchers said that Black beauty standards protected us [Black people] from eating disorders but that’s now been proven completely false," says Dr. Rugless.
Flipse’s binge eating started in college during her freshman year while being away from siblings who were a safety net in a world that felt unsafe. “I grew up with a parent addicted to substances and there was a lot of physical and emotional abuse," says Flipse, a pleasure eating coach and owner of. “I needed something to cope with the loss of the physical safety net of my sister's presence in my life so I compulsively turned to food.
If eating disorders for Black women are rooted in racism, then work must be done to address the harmful impact. And to date, eating disorder solutions have failed Black women, who areA key factor for starting and completing treatment is for Black women to feel heard and understood by their therapist or medical professional. With the world of medicine and mental health being predominantly white —
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