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Eating disorders and body image
Articles on eating disorders and body image in Nigeria: the signs, the myths, binge eating, slimming teas and how to get help. They're for anyone worried about their own eating, or someone else's.
Many Nigerians still believe eating disorders are "a white people's problem". They aren't, and that belief is why so many people here are missed for years. Eating disorders affect people of every body size, and the most common one, binge eating disorder, doesn't involve being underweight. Where food is tight, skipping meals can pass as economising. Body pressure also pulls two ways at once, towards a traditional ideal of fullness and a global thin ideal, while slimming teas are sold openly on Instagram.
Start with eating disorders in Nigeria: beyond the myth, then binge eating disorder or the risks of slimming teas.
Eating disorders affect the body as well as the mind, so a doctor should be involved alongside therapy. Licensed therapists who work with eating disorders and body image offer sessions on Mytherapist.ng by video, voice or chat.
Binge Eating Disorder: Signs and Help
Binge eating disorder is more than overeating: repeated binges with a loss of control. The signs, how it differs from comfort eating, and treatment that works.
Slimming Teas: Risks to Body and Mind
What’s really in slimming and “flat tummy” teas, why the weight comes back, the hidden-drug risk, what a NAFDAC number means, and when it’s more than a diet.
Body Dysmorphia: When the Mirror Lies
Hours lost to a flaw nobody else can see. What body dysmorphic disorder is, why reassurance and surgery never settle it, and the treatment that works.
Eating Disorders in Nigeria: Beyond the Myth
“That is a white people’s illness.” Why that belief keeps Nigerians undiagnosed, what eating disorders actually look like here, and how to get help.
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