50+ Eating Disorder Recovery Hashtags for Instagram
The right eating disorder recovery hashtags are an important part of a social media strategy for treatment centers, non-profits, and therapists that specialize in this work. While there has been a lot of back and forth over the years, I can say with confidence that hashtags DO increase reach on Instagram posts. While I know this to be sure from my own Instagram page and managing pages for my clients, the data tells us this too.
Later analyzed more than 18 million Instagram feed posts to see how the number of hashtags impacts reach. They found that using more hashtags does increase reach, with 20 hashtags being the sweet spot.
Let’s talk about how to choose hashtags outside of the ones in this list, and make sure you save this blog post so you have the best eating disorder recovery hashtags on hand for your next post!
How to Choose Your Hashtags
In the blog post linked above, Later also echoed what I tell my clients: relevance matters. What also matters is the quality of the hashtag. A great hashtag will:
Have fewer than 500-600K posts
Include posts from other relevant accounts
Not include posts from spammy accounts
To find out if the hashtag is good quality, just search it on Instagram and see what comes up.
For example, you can see below what you’ll find when you search “#eatingdisorderawareness” - it fits all the criteria. It’s a little high in terms of the number of posts (540K) but all the accounts using this hashtag are familiar to me as someone who works in this space, so I know they’re all good quality, not spammy.
50+ Eating Disorder Recovery Hashtags
As a treatment center, therapist, non-profit, or other professional in this space, you need to choose the eating disorder recovery hashtags that will get your content in front of more people. You also don’t have a lot of time to do this research so I did it for you. Save this list so you can copy and paste the relevant hashtags for your posts!
As a reminder, this list is NOT exhaustive. There are hundreds more hashtags you can use based on associated disorders, related mental health issues, issues around weight loss, mental illness, and more. Don’t forget about local hashtags as well, which are important for hyperlocal social media marketing.
Use this as a starting point and do some research to find hashtags even more specific and relevant to your content.
Eating Disorder Awareness
These are the key eating disorder recovery hashtags that will likely fit in most of your content!
#eatingdisorderawareness
#eatingdisordersupport
#edawareness
Fat Liberation
This growing area of eating disorder awareness is growing in popularity. Get in front of those who want to learn more or just feel great in their bigger body.
#fatacceptance
#allbodiesaregoodbodies
#fatliberation
#weightstigma
Body Image
Body image is a term many people are familiar with, which means you may reach more people who need what you have to offer by talking about this and using the relevant hashtags.
#bodyimage
#bodyimagerecovery
#bodyimagestruggles
#bodypeace
#morethanabody
#bodyliberation
#bodyhealing
Diet Culture and Wellness Culture
Diet culture is of course an important part of this conversation. Use these eating disorder recovery hashtags to reach people who want to learn more about this aspect of our culture or are ready to ditch it themselves.
#dietculture
#ditchdietculture
#dietculturedropout
#riotsnotdiets
Eating Disorder Experts, Treatment Centers, and Recovery Therapists
Use these hashtags to reach people who are looking for practitioners who are HAES-certified, weight-inclusive, or provide a specific offering, like eating disorder therapy. If you're an eating disorder expert, therapist, or treatment center, these are key for when you share about your offerings.
#healthateverysize
#EDtherapy
#eatingdisordertherapist
#eatingdisordertherapy
#weightinclusive
#traumarecovery
#HAES
#traumainformed
#traumatherapy
#eatingdisordertreatment
#weightinclusive
#eatingdisorderrecovery
#edrecovery
#healingjourney
#eatingdisorderhealing
#mentalhealthcounseling
Types of Recovery
Whether you support patients through anorexia, bulimia, AFRID or any other type of eating disorder, you can connect with more people who need you by using recovery-focused hashtags related to that specific work.
#anorexiarecover
#anorexiarecovering
#anorexiawarror
#bulimiahelp
#bulimiaawareness
#bulimiasurvivor
Disordered Eating
Disordered eating is, as you know, an increasingly growing area of concern in eating disorders. If you want to reach people who may be concerned about this for themselves or others, these hashtags can help.
#disorderedeatingrecovery
#disorderedeatingawareness
#disorderedeating
#disorderedeatinghealing
#disorderedeatingjourney
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
This only comes once each year, but it's a critical time for organizations and professionals to amplify their reach because more people are talking about eating disorders.
#EDAW
#eatingdisorderawarenessweek
#eatingdisordersawarenessweek
Mental Health Awareness
This is an important aspect of eating disorders, so it may often come up in your content. Reach people who may be looking for mental health content or mental health professionals, but then also find your eating disorder content helpful too.
Don't forget to find relevant hashtags when you're talking about a specific mental health condition, like anxiety or bipolar disorder—there are too many to include them all here, but a simple search will help you find them!
#mentalhealthmonday
#menthalhealthcare
#mentalhealthjourney
#mentalhealthmonth
#mentalhealthawarenessmonth
Eating Disorder Recovery Hashtags Work—So Use Them!
Don't ignore hashtags; they are still useful on Instagram (and even LinkedIn) and necessary for reaching more people. Your mission is too big to miss this piece, so find the ones that work for your content and make sure you include them in the caption!
If you need help with your eating disorder social media marketing, you’re luck—that’s what we do. So let’s talk!
