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Preparing Parents For The Weight Loss Conversation

Challenging authority is challenging. If a doctor says your child is overweight AND has a medical problem, I expect they will refer you to a specialist or recommend a treatment. If the treatment they prescribe is once again weight loss, say this...

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On The Weight List

The recent AAP guidelines are hypocritical and contradictory, harmful to children, scientifically unsound, and based on bad medicine. They are embarrassing to good pediatricians and make it clear that organization leadership is biased and out of date

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Same Ship, Different Decade

It’s been a long week. I’m overwhelmed. I feel powerless. I’ve watched the system fail our big kids too many times. I’ve heard doctors focus on the wrong things too many times...

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The Eating Disorder Treatment Meltdown

Like everyone else on Facebook, I recently read Larry Lonero’s post, “What happened to Southwest Airlines?”...

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Jessica Setnick discusses the importance of a positive relationship with food.

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Insider Experience: Working in the Field as Recovered Professional

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Eating Disorder Hope

Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD-S envisions a world where all health professionals know how to help someone with an eating disorder.

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Making Food Your Friend Again

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Making Food Your Friend Again

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Binge Eating Disorder – A Forum Discussion

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Recognizing and Identifying Anorexia Symptoms

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A Consensus Document On Defnition And Diagnostic Criteria For Orthorexia Nervosa (PDF)
 
Since the term orthorexia nervosa (ON) was coined from the Greek (ὀρθός, right and ὄρεξις, appetite) in 1997 to describe an obsession with “correct” eating, it has been used worldwide without a consistent definition. Although multiple authors have proposed diagnostic criteria, and many theoretical papers have been published, no consensus definition of ON exists, empirical primary evidence is limited, and ON is not a standardized diagnosis (Download PDF) View at NIH.gov.

Journal of Critical Dietetics (PDF) – A survey of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists who provide
care to clients with eating disorders: Implications for education, training and clinical practice. (Download PDF)