Eating disorders are not simply attempts to lose weight; they are serious, potentially life-threatening mental health conditions. They can affect people of all genders, ages, races, sexual orientations, body shapes, and weights. They are treatable; early intervention brings the best possibility of full recovery.

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The development of an eating disorder is a complex intersection of underlying biologic vulnerability, psychological makeup, recent stress, and sociocultural factors. Because we live in a diet culture where weight loss is normalized and glorified, initial behaviors may not look dangerous, or may even be inadvertently rewarded (i.e.“you look great–did you take off some weight?”)