When I was first introduced to the Minnesota Semi-Starvation Study (MSSS), published in 1950 by Ancel Keys and his team, I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of data they…
One of the challenges of swimming against the stream -- as when, for example, one insists that parents don’t cause eating disorders when many providers learn and believe otherwise --…
Setting a goal weight is not simple. And it is never harder than in a growing child, where it is a moving target. I have written some rather lengthy guidelines…
Kids and animals, it’s magical. Although some researchers have tried to figure out why, exactly, really - who cares? Many a little kid, or even older kid, who refuses to…
It still happens all the time. I go to see a family in the hospital (and they can be from anywhere) and as I take their history, the parents begin…
Today we did our first webinar on a site called ReelDX, specifically created as a teaching tool for providers and students, offering lifelong learning for a variety of other specialists…
Anyone who knows me knows that I am no longer young. Yet I have teachers. My patients are my teachers and some of my colleagues are (still) my teachers. At…
All our kids know it: at Kartini Clinic there are no cell phones allowed on the unit. But why not? Well, treatment takes focus and it takes interaction with the…
Mother nature built us to protect our offspring and, where necessary, the offspring of other members of our “tribe”. Elephants and non-human primates have been reported to foster or adopt…
According to a June 29th article by Sam PK Collins for Thinkprogress.org., “last week, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) signed a bill that explicitly states the types of eating disorder…
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