WACO, Texas — The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone’s health both physically and mentally and it has done so in different ways.
“Since the pandemic we’ve seen droves, especially of adolescents, coming in and suffering,” said Kat Geiger, the founder of Thrive Wellness in Waco.
President Joe Biden and The White House officially proclaimed this week as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in hopes of drawing attention to an increasing pandemic of its own, calling eating disorders “one of the most serious mental health conditions impacting the lives of Americans and their families today.