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Fig. 1 | Journal of Eating Disorders

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From: More than an outcome: a person-centered, ecological framework for eating disorder recovery

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Visual representation of the proposed, person-centered, ecological model of recovery. Notes: QoL = quality of life; recovery star = the recovery star represents the constellation of changes that may occur over the course of recovery. This may include more conventional changes such as weight restoration and behavioural abstinence, as well as personal changes noted by the individual. We have included five possible changes which were noted by participants in our research [21] as examples. These are not fixed and can be changed, switched, or dropped as individuals see fit; external/proximal factors = external/proximal factors refer to factors in an individual’s environment which may impact their recovery journey, including their identified outcomes in the recovery star. These are factors that impact an individual at the individual level. They may be internal (e.g., mental health challenges) or external (e.g., death of a loved one) and changeable (e.g., medication adherence) or unchangeable (e.g., global pandemic); systemic factors = systemic factors refer to systems which may create inequities in recovery. This includes, but is not limited to, White supremacy, anti-fat bias, ableism, cissexism, and heteronormativity. These systems create power structures such that some individuals are granted easier access to diagnosis and treatment, while others are limited in their capacity to find support

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