Dietitian Advice
Eating Disorder Awareness! |
February 2009 |
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Hello!
At the end of the month is
Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
It is important to keep in mind that there are many people with disordered eating that may not meet the classification of an eating disorder. Living a life of disordered eating can create many challenges. Kathryn's approach of balance and her nutrition therapy style has assisted many clients to recovery from their behaviors that are causing them distress.
A person does not have to have a full eating disorder to experience the negative aspects of a poor relationship with food.
Are you tired a lot?
Always depriving yourself of enjoyable foods?
Struggling with your weight?
Struggling with your body image?
Feeling guilty after you eat?
If you or someone you know may be struggling with disordered eating in any form, encourage them to set an appointment with a professional experienced in working with eating disorders.
Kathryn Fink, MS, RD, LD
Nutrition & Fitness Consultant |
Signs and Symptoms of Disordered Eating
Here is a partial list of signs and symptoms of Disordered Eating
- Does not eat foods they use to like because they are fattening
- Has lost more than 5 pounds in a month
- Fear of not being able to control eating, and while eating, not being able to stop
- Chronic dieting on a variety of popular diet plans
- Feels out of control around food
- Holding the belief that life will be better if they can lose weight
- Hiding food in strange places (closets, cabinets, suitcases, under the bed) to eat at a later time
- Isolation. Fear of eating around and with others
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Eating Disorder Diagnosis
While there is specific criteria that is used to diagnose an eating disorder, below is a short summary of some different types of eating disorders.
Anorexia Nervosa (AN): Anorexia is self-imposed starvation, weight below recommendation and restriction of certain types of foods.
Bulimia Nervosa (BN): Bulimia is binging on large amounts of foods in a short period of time and ridding the body of the food by self-induced behaviors such as vomiting, over exercising or taking medications.
Binge Eating Disorder (BED): Binge Eating Disorder is out-of-control episodes of consuming abnormally large amounts of food at one time.
Eating disorders has the highest death rate of any mental illness. |
American the Beautiful
Community dinner and private screening
A community dinner and private screening of American the Beautiful and a special session afterwards with the film producer will be a way of raising money for The Elisa Project, a non-profit organization that educates the community about healthy living, eating disorders and positive body image. This is a fabulous movie about our obsession with beauty. For additional information:
Remember Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 22-28. |
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