{"id":2646,"date":"2022-03-29T14:49:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T03:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgi.nz\/?page_id=2646"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:31:44","slug":"te-reo-9-truths-about-eating-disorders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/about-eating-disorders\/te-reo-9-truths-about-eating-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Te Reo 9 truths about eating disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>9 Truths about Eating Disorders<\/h1>\r\n<p>In May 2015, the Academy for Eating Disorders and several international advocacy organizations issued a document entitled \u201cNine Truths About Eating Disorders\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aedweb.org\/publications\/nine-truths\">nine truths website<\/a>). The Academy for Eating Disorders wanted to emphasize truths rather than dispelling myths about eating disorders, as a way to offer evidence and create more general knowledge about eating disorders.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth One<\/h4>\r\n<p>Many people with eating disorders look healthy, yet may be extremely ill.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth Two<\/h4>\r\n<p>Families are not to blame, and can be the patients\u2019 and providers\u2019 best allies in treatment.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth Three<\/h4>\r\n<p>An eating disorder diagnosis is a health crisis that disrupts personal and family functioning.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth Four<\/h4>\r\n<p>Eating disorders are not choices, but serious biologically influenced illnesses.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth Five<\/h4>\r\n<p>Eating disorders affect people of all genders, ages, races, ethnicities, body shapes and weights, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic statuses.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth Six<\/h4>\r\n<p>Eating disorders carry an increased risk for both suicide and medical complications.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth Seven<\/h4>\r\n<p>Genes and environment play important roles in the development of eating disorders.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth Eight<\/h4>\r\n<p>Genes alone do not predict who will develop eating disorders.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Truth Nine<\/h4>\r\n<p>Full recovery from an eating disorder is possible. Early detection and intervention are important.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Tahi<\/h4>\r\n<p>He maha te hunga e p\u0101ngia ana e ng\u0101 mate kai he hauora \u014d r\u0101tau \u0101hua, engari pea kei te tino m\u0101uiui.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Rua<\/h4>\r\n<p>K\u0101ore n\u014d ng\u0101 wh\u0101nau te h\u0113, \u0101, ko r\u0101tau pea ng\u0101 tino hoa o ng\u0101 t\u016broro me ng\u0101 kaiwhakarato e p\u0101 ana ki te whakamaimoa.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Toru<\/h4>\r\n<p>He raruraru hauora t\u0113tahi whakatau mate kai, \u0101, he whakararuraru i ng\u0101 whakahaere a te tangata me te wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Wh\u0101<\/h4>\r\n<p>Ehara ng\u0101 mate kai i te k\u014dwhiringa, engari he mate kino \u0113nei i whakaawetia e te koiora.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Rima<\/h4>\r\n<p>Ka whai p\u0101nga ng\u0101 mate kai ki ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata n\u014d ng\u0101 ira tangata katoa, ng\u0101 iwi, ng\u0101 m\u0101t\u0101waka, ng\u0101 momo hanga me te taumaha, h\u014dkakatanga, me ng\u0101 t\u016branga ohapori katoa.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Ono<\/h4>\r\n<p>Mai i ng\u0101 mate kai ko te piki haere o te m\u014drea o ng\u0101 raruraru mate whakamomori me te hauora.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Whitu<\/h4>\r\n<p>He mea hira ng\u0101 ira me te taiao i roto i te whanaketanga o ng\u0101 mate kai.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Waru<\/h4>\r\n<p>K\u0101ore m\u0101 ng\u0101 ira anake e tohu ko wai ka p\u0101ngia e ng\u0101 mate kai.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Meka Iwa<\/h4>\r\n<p>Ka taea te whakaora mai i t\u0113tahi mate kai. He mea nui kia t\u014dmua te kite me te whakatikatika.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":27392,"featured_media":0,"parent":1969,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2646","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2646\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/edgi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}