An eating disorder is an emotional illness in which the patient
distorts his/her diet.
- Refusal to maintain body weight.
- Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat.
- Distorted body image.
- Amenorrhea (period stops).
- Severe restriction in food intake.
- May do extreme exercise.
- May practice bulimic behavior.
- Recurrent episodes of binge eating.
- Feeling a loss of control over one's eating.
- Self induced vomiting, use of laxatives, and or diuretics.
- Strict dieting or starvation modes.
- Depression may be part of this disorder.
- Can be biological (depression) or emotional.
- Normal weight to be obese.
- Feels out of control.
- Consumes large amounts of food.
- Ineffectual dieting.
- Preoccupation with dieting.
- "Sneak" eats.
- May have a mood disorder (low grade depression).
- Difficulty with intimate relationships.
A team approach works best.
- Medical: needed for management of health concerns associated with eating disorder.
- Nutritional: for behavior therapy and education, to help "normalize" eating.
- Psychiatric: needed to deal with the psychological aspects of the eating disorder.
Registered Dietitian's at Medical Nutrition Network are highly trained and
educated in the treatment of eating disorders. Medical nutrition therapy is
an integral part of the treatment process for recovery and management
of an eating disorder. Our role as a food "coach" enables you to make
the changes necessary to improve your health. If necessary, we will
direct you to a team of professionals that can help you in
different aspects of your recovery, or we can work with any other
professionals that you are in treatment with. |
