Dietitian: Eating disorders aren’t just ‘thin white woman’s disease’
“I think eating disorders are skyrocketing because it’s a way to cope with external trauma and stressors — particularly complex trauma, but also the vicarious trauma a lot of healthcare workers experience,” said Whitney Trotter. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
“It’s challenging, especially for young Black teens in Memphis, to understand they can also have eating disorders,” Whitney Trotter said.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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