119: Eating Disorders in the Workplace

The Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross Show: Binge Eating Disorder, Stress Eating, Emotional Eating, Food Addiction

We spend about a third of our adult lives in the workplace. Work can improve mental health for some individuals – providing them with a sense of meaning and purpose and offering valuable social connections. However, for individuals with binge eating disorder, food addiction or emotional eating, work can also be a source of stress and stigma that can make their eating disorder worse or can lead to relapse.

In this podcast, you will learn:

1. How the workplace can be a trigger for people with eating disorders.
2. How having an eating disorder can make workplace stress worse.
3. What are 3 actions you can take so reduce relapse or triggers in the workplace.