10 Simple and Science-Based Strategies to Cope with Binge Eating During COVID-19 by Deborah Lynn Reas, PhD
Bibliography of Author : Deborah Lynn Reas, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in the US and Norway who has spent the past 25 years working within the field of eating disorders. She has published over 50 scientific articles on the assessment, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders. She moved to Canada about six months before the outbreak of COVID-19. She lives in Ottawa with her husband, daughter, and cat. Within months of the global outbreak of COVID-19, concerns were raised regarding a shadow pandemic involving mental health. In the eating disorders field, initial studies from 2020 found that roughly one-third of those battling binge eating experienced a significant worsening of symptoms following the outbreak of the pandemic. 1,2 Although data is still lacking regarding how many people in the community have experienced a new onset or a re-occurrence of binge eating since the beginning of the pandemic, it is clear that clinics are now seeing more individuals with more seve
