Healthy Eating, Healthy Relating

Insights on eating disorders, nutrition, relational challenges, and the links between them

Cynthia M. Bulik Ph.D.

Keep It Simple: "It's Great to See You!"

Many of us will look different after more than a year in quarantine—older, balder, grayer. It's best to keep comments about appearance to yourself.

Velcro Comments

Hurtful comments about shape and weight can cut you to the core. You may never forget them, but you can buffer their impact.

Hijacked Without Warning

Anorexia nervosa is an insidious life-threatening hijacker. Does the disorder have any warning signs?

The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative

A global study launches to explore how genes and environment influence the risk of eating disorders.

Ensuring the Future of Tele-Mental Health

How can we make sure that telehealth and tele-mental health benefits are here to stay?

Cybersickness Is Real

Do you get nauseated when others scroll? You're not alone.

Think Also of the Comfort and Rights of Others

Next time you wonder whether you should wear a mask, ask yourself these simple ethical questions.

How Is COVID-19 Affecting People With Eating Disorders?

Please take a survey to help us understand how COVID-19 is affecting people living with eating disorders.

Keep Your Older Parents Safe and Connected During the Quarantine

Struggling to help your older parents during COVID-19? Some tips to keep them safe and connected.

It’s OK to Lower Your Expectations During a Pandemic

Not only is it OK, but it is essential to lower your expectations of yourself and your children during lockdown for COVID-19.

Eight Tips for Avoiding a COVID-19 Divorce

Is your relationship feeling the strain of working at home due to COVID-19? These simple tips can help.

Midlife Eating Disorder Triggers III: Empty Nest

Don't be blindsided by the empty nest. It is one of the top triggers for eating disorders in midlife.

A Role for Women in Midlife and Beyond

A curious experience of respect in London helps me rethink the role of older women in my life.

Midlife Eating Disorder Triggers II: Divorce

In this second of a series of excerpts on midlife triggers for eating disorders, I illustrate how divorce and dating in midlife can cue an eating disorder.

Midlife Eating Disorders Triggers: Infidelity

Infidelity is one of many interpersonal stressors that can trigger midlife eating disorders. Treatment centers around the country are seeing a rise in men and women in midlife and beyond presenting for treatment for eating disorders.

Body-Esteem in the AARP Years

Body dissatisfaction does not discriminate on the basis of age.