Tag: technology

Eating Disorders Chatbot KIT is helping to improve body image one chat at a time

Chatbot KIT is helping to improve body image one chat at a time

by

Our next generation of young people are highly concerned about their body image. In fact, one in three 15-19-year-olds in Australia are “very” or “extremely concerned” (Tiller et al., 2020). Body image concerns are the major risk factor for the development of eating disorders (Culbert et al., 2015), which impact...

Continue reading
Eating Disorders Bulimia experience inspires Brighter Bite App to aid recovery

Bulimia experience inspires Brighter Bite App to aid recovery

by

Here, for the first time, I am sharing my eating disorder story publicly. Since my recovery, I have turned the negative energy of the illness into a positive, by creating an app to help people navigate, track, and recover from eating disorders. This mobile application is called Brighter Bite. I...

Continue reading
Eating Disorders Morningside Chats in the Living Room: Virtual Support with Leaders in the Field of Eating Disorders

Morningside Chats in the Living Room: Virtual Support with Leaders in the Field of Eating Disorders

by

Scroll back two months. Many of us were scheduled to meet in Australia, for the Academy for Eating Disorders annual conference in June, when our world spun out of control. Suddenly, we could not fly, shake hands, meet our patients in person and even worse, here in New York, we...

Continue reading