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Why Black Women鈥檚 Disordered Eating Is Overlooked

By Kaia Findlay,
Anita Rao, Wilson Sayre
Published March 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM EDT
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While eating disorders affect all races and ethnicities at similar rates, people of color are less than half as likely to receive a diagnosis than their white counterparts. A licensed mental health therapist decided to dig into why.

Despite a decade of restrictive behavior and a career path in mental health counseling, had never associated herself with the phrase eating disorder.

鈥淎 lot of times I was praised for being thin,鈥� she said. 鈥淢y providers would say you're a perfect size 鈥� so for me, it just never registered to be a problem.鈥�

She talks to host Anita Rao about how an aha moment in grad school led her to better understand how to treat eating disorders in Black women鈥檚 bodies 鈥� starting with her own.

Alishia is the author of 鈥�,鈥� and a licensed clinical mental health therapist who works with other Black women on how to heal their relationships with food and their bodies.

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Kaia Findlay
Kaia Findlay is the lead producer of Embodied, 吉彩网网站's weekly podcast and radio show about sex, relationships and health. Kaia first joined the 吉彩网网站 team in 2020 as a producer for The State of Things.
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Anita Rao
Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
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Wilson Sayre
Wilson Sayre is 吉彩网网站's Director of Digital Content leading our podcasting strategy and initiatives. She has worn many hats in the audio world as an editor, producer, consultant and team lead. Wilson was Managing Producer at Pushkin (previously Transmitter Media) where she helped launch shows like Am I Normal, the TED Interview and The Heist. Before that, she served as Executive Producer at Capitol Broadcasting Company and lead reporter for The City podcast from USA Today. Prior to that, she covered social safety net programs at WLRN, Miami's NPR member station. There, she founded the station's youth radio program. Wilson's work has been recognized by the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize and national Edward R. Murrow Awards. Wilson grew up in North Carolina and enjoys playing banjo and eating chocolate, usually not at the same time.
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