This blog was originally published on www.recoverywarriors.com. As the Clinical Director of an eating disorder treatment center, I meet people every day who disclose that they cannot stop thinking about food. Life revolves around mealtime, planning for eating, feeling...
Our culture encourages us to think about our weight as a number that we can determine ourselves; that is, if we have enough “self-control” and eat “right,” we can reach our aesthetic ideal. The truth, however, is that our weight is determined by numerous factors, most...
The New York Times recently published a story titled “After the Biggest Loser, Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight” that has generated a lot of buzz. The gist of the story was that by 2015, most of the contestants from the 2009 Biggest Loser reality TV show had...
A few weeks ago I participated in a terrific panel at Juilliard, moderated by Heidi Skolnik, RD with Dr. Elizabeth Manegias; Phillip Bauman, MD; and Carol Holyoke as fellow panelists. We addressed Julliard dance students on the topic of healthy nutrition in a...