Marcella Raimondo, PhD, MPH, shares her thoughts subthreshold eating disorders.
“At some point or another, most of us will develop an uneasy relationship with food. As your body goes through its normal changes, you might find yourself skipping meals, obsessing over calorie counts, or running to the gym after dessert. These behaviors might not raise alarms; they might even seem healthy. But beneath the veneer of self-discipline and ritual, something deeper may be going on—something that clinicians call a subthreshold eating disorder.”
Read the original article on Marcella’s website.
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