“Eating – overeating – saved me. It comforted me when I was at the mercy of grown-ups who didn't know how to give what I needed. Food was something to which I had ready access, and with it I cleverly fashioned a survival mechanism that pulled me back from the edge of insanity. – a young MacGuyver of angst and junk food.” FoodMental HealthBody ImageDietingFood Additction Book:Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large Source: Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large
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