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Food and Love
I was so struck by the discussion I heard on the radio that I had to pull over to write the words down: “someone who loves you is at home…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Finding Your Sass
When I first thought about writing this blog I had patients with anorexia nervosa in mind. Patients with AN often struggle to find their voice, regardless of how smart, competent…
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Whole Milk and the Kartini Meal Plan
I can’t tell you how often a look of horror and surprise crosses parents’ faces when I explain to them that Kartini Clinic’s Meal Plan, in our spirit of real,…
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It’s Enough to Make You Crazy
Let’s start with the impetus for my morning study focus: requirements by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) for what they call “Maintenance of Certification”. Those of you reading this…
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Wishing Tom Insel Well
This morning it was announced that Dr. Tom Insel, executive director of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) since 2002, will be leaving that august institution to join Google…
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Where Are The Grown-Ups?
I read an article on Medpage the other day - “Docs have Role in Preventing Childhood Obesity” - about recent recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which I found both…
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The Suffering of Others
“With what incredible courage we are able to endure the suffering of others” -- My favorite quote from English garden writer Christopher Lloyd. And nowhere does it apply more than…
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Obesity: Something You Have, Not Something You Are
The other day I sent around to our staff at Kartini Clinic an article on the gut microbiome (our intestinal bacteria) which is now thought to have some effect on…
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The Biological Similarities Between Anorexia and Obesity
One thing I believe to have learned over the years is that those readers who are interested in anorexia nervosa seem to have little interest in obesity, which they regard…
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The Surprising Similarities Between Anorexia and Obesity
One thing I've observed over the years is that those readers who are interested in anorexia nervosa seem to have little interest in obesity, which they often seem regard as…
