NCAA track champion and Mount Marathon winner Allie Ostrander continues to be open about the long road of eating disorder recovery. Could her transparency change the sport?
Content warning: disordered eating
Did you know that eating disorders were the leading cause of mental health-related deaths until the opioid crisis? Or that members of the military are particularly vulnerable to disordered eating? Or that binge eating disorder has only been recognized as a formal diagnosis since 2013?
We’re willing to bet you didn’t eating disorders, which affect nearly 30 million Americans, have long been misunderstood and underdiagnosed.
Not only is there a dearth of information surrounding these disorders, but they carry accompanying stigmas and misconceptions.
Anyone can struggle with disordered eating, regardless of gender, body type, or socioeconomic status. That’s why Paula Quatromoni (SPH’01), a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences associate professor and chair of health sciences, developed the new course Eating Disorders Treatment and Prevention to cut through the fog and educate the next generation of registered dietitian nutr