eating disorders

In recent years, the demands on the NEDA helpline, and the humans who ran it, escalated. The organization says it was unsustainable. But some have worries about new plans for an online chatbot.

Last year, nearly 70,000 people reached out to the National Eating Disorders Association helpline. Demand more than doubled during COVID, and still hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels. But late this spring the Association shut the helpline down and added a chatbot instead. We look at why the Association made this move, and what it means for the people who need this support the most.

We heard about the controversy over the use of an AI chatbot at an eating disorders hotline. And, we learned about why Detroit’s largest provider of affordable housing is struggling with major maintenance issues. Plus, a showdown between Ohio and Michigan over tourism and other population draws.

A former Michigan State runner reckons with the prevalence of eating disorders within the running world.

One University of Michigan student talked to Stateside about why the firing of former university president Mark Schlissel is no laughing matter. Also, one former collegiate athlete shared her struggle with eating disorders. And a filmmaker talked about his journey following a beloved pair of piping plovers.

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It was last fall when Dr. Alanna Otto really started noticing the change. Normally, the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan where…

Food is supposed to nourish us, both body and spirit.But what happens when someone's relationship to food - and to their own body - spirals out of…

Every woman sees those skinny, photo-shopped models in magazines, and it probably makes us all little crazy. But some women internalize that pressure more…