DEBUNKING MYTHS

EATING DISORDERS ARE A CHOICE

"Eating disorders are not a choice, they’re very complex illnesses based on biology, psychology, society, psychosocial, there are so many variables that go into developing an eating disorder [...] they’re not a choice, you can’t have a choice in that anymore than any other illness that somebody may come down with."
- Michelle from NEDIC

PEOPLE WITH EATING DISORDERS ARE UNDERWEIGHT

"I think going back to the misconception that you have an eating disorder based on how you look."
- Chloë Grande

EATING DISORDERS ONLY HAPPEN TO TEENAGE GIRLS

"I think so often that eating disorders especially are just female dominant, and that’s so not the case." 

- Emily Formea

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"Normalizing these things on all genders because before, when people say 'eating disorder', they are just focusing on women but now, because of social media, we can spread awareness that eating disorders can also affect men. It can also affect different genders." 

- Jan Pleje

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"Boys are struggling. Absolutely boys are struggling [...] It’s a little bit different but I mean, I’ve had had men who have called me and are struggling with their body image."

- Marci Warhaft

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"That’s another myth, is that it’s a white woman’s illness and that’s another barrier that we’re trying to break down."

- Michelle from NEDIC

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOVER FROM AN EATING DISORDER

"My recovery is still changing and I’m still learning things about it so it’s a big thing but recovery is 100%, it’s possible. It’s absolutely possible."
- Marci Warhaft

THE MORE EXERCISE THE BETTER

"The fitness industry is using eating disordered behaviour and over exercising and all those compulsive behaviours and making it seem like something positive [...] We still think fitness looks a certain way and you said it yourself, you can’t tell how healthy someone is by how they look, you can’t. When I was bodybuilding, and I looked like the cover of a fitness magazine, I was unbelievably unhealthy."
- Marci Warhaft

EATING DISORDERS AREN'T DANGEROUS

"It is the second highest mortality rate in the world, second to opioid disorder. Second from the highest mortality rate."

- Jan Pleje

"It is a huge cause of death for mental health [...] it is a very serious illness, they are serious illnesses for sure."

- Michelle from NEDIC