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Food Mad

by Schonwald NZRD, Victoria

Looky Rating System: Violence 0/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 0/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.

Description

Eating disorders are often misunderstood as problems of motivation, control, or insight. But what if the behaviour isn’t the problem at all? In Food Mad, dietitian Victoria Schonwald reframes eating disorders through a nutritional neurobiology lens, showing how under-nutrition alters brain function in ways that make fear louder, thinking narrower, and recovery feel impossible, even when someone “knows better.