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Eating disorders in marginalized communities go unnoticed
03:48 - 11:22 (07:33)
The lack of representation of eating disorders in marginalized communities perpetuates the biases and pushes them out of even seeing themselves as having eating disorders. Anecdotally, fat people seeking inpatient treatment for their eating disorders have been met with clinic staff who deny their need for treatment.
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Eating disorders are often associated with a certain image of young, thin, adolescent cis females, but these disorders can affect individuals of any age, race, body size or socioeconomic class.
03:48 - 05:23 (01:34)
Summary
Eating disorders are often associated with a certain image of young, thin, adolescent cis females, but these disorders can affect individuals of any age, race, body size or socioeconomic class.
ChapterEating disorders in marginalized communities go unnoticed
EpisodeEating Disorders
PodcastMaintenance Phase
The lack of representation of eating disorders in communities outside of whiteness, those living below the poverty line, and the biases about fatness and fat people create barriers for people with eating disorders to be recognized.
05:23 - 09:41 (04:17)
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The lack of representation of eating disorders in communities outside of whiteness, those living below the poverty line, and the biases about fatness and fat people create barriers for people with eating disorders to be recognized. This can lead to dismissal from clinic staff even when seeking treatment.
ChapterEating disorders in marginalized communities go unnoticed
EpisodeEating Disorders
PodcastMaintenance Phase
In past times, researchers would starve healthy and physically active men to determine the effects of starvation on the body.
09:41 - 11:22 (01:40)
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In past times, researchers would starve healthy and physically active men to determine the effects of starvation on the body. However, assumptions that all bodies react the same way to starvation is erroneous.