The award-winning voice of North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia.

The Chant
The award-winning voice of North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia.

The Chant
The award-winning voice of North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia.

The Chant
Though numerous eating disorders take a detrimental toll on ballet dancers of all ages, recovery remains a reachable goal if ballerinas take proper steps to achieve health.

The leaps and turns eating disorders dance on ballet dancers

Addie Hill, Reporter
May 2, 2024
The commonly disregarded body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) affects the lives of several people. Hidden destructive habits and addictive compulsive behaviors begin to interrupt daily schedules, causing disruptive events in day-to-day life. As people with BDD experience each day, behind-the-scenes struggles cause failure to perform basic tasks and can create unwelcoming thoughts.

Body dysmorphic disorder in daily life

Callie Kinsinger, Page Editor
December 11, 2023
While positive influencers exist on social media, the majority of the biggest platforms consist of size 0’s, fitness trends, and harmful diets. The new age of social media continues to impact the younger generations by promoting a skinny ideal not always achievable by everybody. The lack of attainability of this perfect body type can cause harmful habits such as body checking, overexertion, and disordered eating. “Social media has probably increased disordered eating because everyone is on social media. The problem is that it’s in-your-face 24/7. Without social media you might have a day or a week to just be with yourself, to focus on your hobbies, to build resilience, to realize your value lies in connecting with family, with kindness, humor, art, schoolwork, creativity, etc. But now there is no break. The comparisons are relentless. The inner critic gets louder. The sense of inadequacy grows like wildfire. The need to diet spikes. The devastation of failure follows. Self-esteem sinks deeper,” licensed nutritionist Betsy Thurston said.

Eat.

Lainey Devlin, Copy Editor
December 14, 2020
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