Salimah Muhammad and Dr. Nadia Muhammad - Family Life - Nov. 6, 2021

Salimah Muhammad and Dr. Nadia Muhammad - Family Life - Nov. 6, 2021

Last week we began our discussion with Depression and Anxiety. This week’s discussion is “Eating Disorders.” And, we would like to note this may be a sensitive subject matter for some.

Eating disorders are mental illness which people experience severe disturbances and related thoughts in emotions.
Our focus today is Anorexia Nervosa, and Binge eating. And, note we are speaking from personal experience. We advise anyone experiencing such symptoms seek professional help. The National Eating Disorder phone number is 1 800-931-2237
Let us being with Anorexia – an illness where those suffering will starve, restrict and avoid food in fear of weight gain. Some will engage in excessive exercise and of purging in the means of loosing weight.
Youth representative Samia Muhammad will provide a brief summary of her personal experience:
My story starts from when I was 15. The major key factor that triggered my disorder was the extreme pressures of societies beauty standards. A friend at the time made a comment about my appearance and talked about their preferred body weight in women. This made me