A blog about eating disorders and recovery in a modern world
Lauren Gerber
Equip Works with Cigna to Broaden Access to Eating Disorder Care in CA, NY + TX
SAN DIEGO, June 2, 2021 –– Equip, a company that virtually delivers evidence-based eating disorder treatment to families at home, today announced that customers with Cigna in California, Texas and New York now have access to its network.
Michelle Konstantinovsky
LGBTQIA+ Community Members Face Unique Risks for Eating Disorders — here’s why
As communities across the world celebrate Pride Month this June, one issue that may not get the spotlight it deserves is the very real, very significant prevalence of eating disorders in the LGBTQIA+ community. Past research has indicated that LGBTQIA+ community members may be more likely to develop eating disorders than their heterosexual counterparts — for example, as the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) reports, “gay men are seven times more likely to report binge-eating and twelve times more likely to report purging than heterosexual men, and gay and bisexual boys are significantly more likely to fast, vomit, or take laxatives or diet pills to control their weight.”