Why BMI is Outdated
We are excited to share a guest blog post from NourishRX, a team of outpatient eating disorder providers who are part of the EDRD Pro community. Connect with NourishRX on…
The Ripple Effect and Health at Every Size®
Our culture is one where fixation on dieting and body size infiltrates nearly every corner – from classrooms, universities, and curriculums to the office spaces of health and nutrition professionals.…
What about Weight Loss Surgery?
Living in a culture that erroneously conflates health, value, and worth with body size, weight-based discrimination runs rampant. That patients seek treatments to shrink their bodies, often by any means…
When Marketing Meets Health at Every Size®
Take a moment to slow down and reflect. Do you remember when you first learned about Health At Every Size®? How and when did you decide that you would practice…
When Periods Go Missing
Diet talk: We see and hear it everywhere. The media applauds “clean eating,” while your next-door neighbor sings the praises of low-carb, and your aerobics instructor endorses anything low-fat. It’s…
Fat Activism and the Eating Disorder Community
“It is difficult to believe that your recovery is the most important thing when diet culture and a fatphobic world are telling you that the most important thing, by far,…
Understanding Athletes and Eating Disorders
A destructive myth runs rampant and widely unchallenged among athletic communities. Its underlying assumptions, unspoken yet pervasive, endanger the mental, physical, social, and emotional health of our athletes. The misconception…
Evolving, Educating, Elevating, and Emancipating through HAES
This post was written and submitted by Shelby Gordon. Connect with Shelby by emailing her at [email protected] If there were an award for dieting – I would win it, hands…
ARFID: A Personal and Professional Perspective
This post was written and submitted by Kailey Adkins. Connect with Kailey on Instagram and Facebook @thedisordereddietitan or online at https://thedisordereddietitian.weebly.com/ Hello All! This post will provide some background on,…
The Goal that Sabotages Recovery from Eating Disorders
This post was written and submitted by Ryanne Mitchell, LPC. There is a goal that can stop recovery in its tracks. This goal tries to disguise itself as something “healthy,”…