Diet and exercise: the obsessions that will not die
Aaargh! Although dieting has been shown repeatedly to be destructive, counter-productive and useless in most settings (i.e. you re-gain everything you lose and then some…), it simply will not die…
Aaargh! Although dieting has been shown repeatedly to be destructive, counter-productive and useless in most settings (i.e. you re-gain everything you lose and then some…), it simply will not die…
You’ve heard it everywhere: your friends, your doctor, the New York Times, your personal trainer, virtually anyone who talks to you about health for more than five minutes will give…
With the publication of results for models of family-based home treatments, the treatment of children with eating disorders has changed a lot in the past five or six years, or…
In an article recently in the New York Times, author Harriet Brown reviews a subject that was hotly debated at the London International Conference for Eating Disorders by Glenn Waller,…
When discussing the needs of families new to our treatment program, everyone really wants to know just three things about any treatment: does it work? how long will it…
On the recommendation of Dr. Rod McClymont, of the Center for Eating and Dieting Disorders, Bathurst, Australia, I have been reading a new book, Animal Models of Eating Disorders (Humana Press 2013) edited…
I was recently asked an important question which I was unable to address during my breakout workshop at this year's FEAST Symposium 2012.The question: does a child who has completed…
On Thursday November 29th I went with Laura Collins and the FEAST team to give "testimony" to congressional staffers about the plight of children with anorexia nervosa. It was an…
I am delighted to announce that Bart Walsh, LCSW, Kartini Clinic’s individual and hypnotherapist of many years, will be presenting three workshops at the 20th Annual International Eating Disorder Conference,…
Recently an article was published looking at the caloric intake of children at various ages and the relationship of this intake to their weight. The article was published in the…