Why don't we talk about specifically black eating disorders?

[Fiji Water]

There's been a trend of black mental health in the last few years.but our kids and adults suffer from eating disorders that limit us from being our best selves (for those of us in bad situations). This applies to all people, it's food...

But if I say "eating disorder" what comes to mind as the image? Probably someone privileged.

Anyone have any stats or info that we could use? Literally asking for food for thought lol.

 

[Karume]

There's been a trend of black mental health in the last few years.but our kids and adults suffer from eating disorders that limit us from being our best selves (for those of us in bad situations). This applies to all people, it's food...

But if I say "eating disorder" what comes to mind as the image? Probably someone privileged.

Anyone have any stats or info that we could use? Literally asking for food for thought lol.

Not aware of such a thing.

 

[boriquaking]

Yeah, the eating disorder is called white people.

 

[Fiji Water]

Not aware of such a thing.

we suffer from obesity but that's not an eating disorder? And that's just one facet of the topic.

 

[Justin Nitsuj]

There are barely any health food stores in the black community.

 

[get these nets]

we suffer from obesity but that's not an eating disorder? And that's just one facet of the topic.

Obesity is our communities is based on food access, selection, and preparation.+ attitudes about exercise.

More complicated than an eating disorder.

 

[Still Benefited]

we suffer from obesity but that's not an eating disorder? And that's just one facet of the topic.

No thats not an eating disorder from what I understand.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

we suffer from obesity but that's not an eating disorder? And that's just one facet of the topic.

Gyms are typically 20 dollars a month or less and literally everything in the grocery store has their nutritional value written on it. No excuse for a young black person to be obess in 2022.

 

[Still Benefited]

Gyms are typically 20 dollars a month or less and literally everything in the grocery store has their nutritional value written on it. No excuse for a young black person to be obess in 2022.

Many of us have been programmed to eat excessively since birth though. If youve been taught to eat everytime your hungry its hard to go back. Luckily i grew up poor and id be lucky to eat 3 times a day. People need to stop eating so much and more importantly so many times. We have to retrain our hunger which is very difficult

 

[tuckgod]

Fasting is key.

Before meathead coli come in roid raging… kiss my ass.

 

[Roid Jones]

Because the response is usually 'it's a white person thing'

 

[acri1]

I guess this is the thread where people get on their high horse

 

[Low End Derrick]

Are there eating disorders that only effect black people?

 

[GreenGhxst]

because it aint a black issue

 

[east]

good thread, i wasn't aware of this at all and went down the rabbit hole a lil bit

black teens are 50% more likely to have bulimia - Race, Social Class, and Bulimia Nervosa by Michelle Sovinsky Goeree, John C. Ham, Daniela Iorio :: SSRN
cacs are more likely to be/more often asked about eating disorder symptoms - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eat.10129
44% of doctors made an eating disorder diagnosis in case studies with cacettes who had one, 41% for hispanic women, 17% for bw - APA PsycNet