Featured Articles...
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 They are embarrassing to good pediatricians and make it clear that organization leadership is biased and out of date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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Eating Disorders Boot Camp Student Nutrition Counseling...
Featured Media...
Sonoma State Star
Jessica Setnick discusses the importance of a positive relationship with food.
Renewed - Eating Disorders Support
Insider Experience: Working in the Field as Recovered Professional
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.
Live Presentations...
UNC Chapel Hill
Making Food Your Friend Again
Claremont McKenna College
Making Food Your Friend Again
Eating Disorder Hope
Binge Eating Disorder – A Forum Discussion
Eating Disorder Hope
Recognizing and Identifying Anorexia Symptoms
Podcasts
Real Food Stories with Heather Carey: Healing Your Inner Eater
The Nourished Child with Jill Castle: Protecting Kids from Dysfunctional Eating
The SeasonED RD with Beth Harrell: Professional Vulnerability Leads to Peace of Mind
Imperfect Heroes with DJ Stutz: Answers for Picky Eaters
ED for RDs with Shawna Melbourn: Inspire with Jessica Setnick
Sound Bites with Melissa Joy Dobbins: Dysfunctional Eating Behaviors
Growing a Boundless Body for a Boundless Mind: Eating Disorder Awareness
The Live Diet-Free Podcast with Esther Avant: Resolving Eating Issues Picked Up In Childhood
Elevated Wellness with Jayne Williams: Dysfunctional Eating Behaviors
Love Food with Julie Duffy Dillon: How do I stop obsessing about food?
Sigma Nutrition: Orthorexia: Positive vs. Pathological Nutrition
Gratefully Nourished with Alyssa Pike: Everything We Know about Eating Disorders is Wrong
Sustain Nutrition: Chewing the Fat with Joe and James: Eating Disorders with Jessica Setnick
Pursuing Private Practice with Jennifer McGurk: A Dietitian’s Guide to Professional Speaking
Baby-led Weaning with Katie Ferraro: How to Create a Pressure-Free Feeding Environment
High School Not So Much A Musical: Eating Disorders Have Been Cancelled and Replaced
The NPRD Podcast with Robyn Kievit: Funny, Fierce & Forward Thinking with Jessica Setnick
It’s Not About Food with Lauralee Roark: Purpose with Special Guest Jessica Setnick
Understanding Disordered Eating with Rachelle Heinemann: Examining the Harmful Implications of the AAP’s Guidelines on Weight Loss Medication and Surgery for Children 
Life. Unrestricted. Podcast with Meret Boxler: When eating and exercising turn into attempts at escaping emotions.
Webinars...
- Eating Disorder Hope: Beyond DSM 5 – A New Model of Dysfunctional Eating Behaviors
- Eating Disorder Hope: Childhood Experiences with Food
- Eating Disorder Hope: Orthorexia – How to Define “Health” Admist the Chaos
- Eating Disorder Hope: Body Dysmorphic Disorder – How to treat those who are suffering
- Does DSM-5 Really Change Anything? A New Look at Classifying Eating Disorders
- Inpatient is from Mars, Outpatient is from Venus: Bridging the gap in Eating Disorder Treatment
Research Articles | PDFs...
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)