At The Emily Program, meals are more than just fuel for the body — they’re opportunities for healing. Therapeutic meals and snacks address fear and anxiety surrounding food and eating, both hallmarks of eating disorders. These supportive meals are a major aspect of our treatment programs, including inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient […]

Back in 2007 I contributed to a People Magazine article on diabulimia, which was then starting to attract mainstream attention. The subject of the article was a 26-year-old medical technician living in Yakima, Washington named Kelie Gardner. She had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 14; at 18 she began lowering her […]

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An idea that’s been surfacing recently in my work is, “I don’t think I’m sick enough to have an eating disorder” or its cousin, “I didn’t think I was sick enough to get help.” If you’re wondering if you’re sick enough to get help, the answer is yes. If you think that you’re not, sick […]

Unlike some other mental health diagnoses, eating disorders have a high prevalence of associated medical complications. In fact, eating disorders are responsible for more than 3 million lost healthy years annually worldwide and are the second deadliest of all psychiatric diagnoses, second only to opioid use disorder. Virtually every organ and system in the human […]

Some of you may have seen the widespread coverage of Pittsburgh artist Nickolay Lamm‘s digital rendering of a real-size Barbie. Lamm checked the CDC’s website to get the measurements of the average 19-year-old woman, then used those as the basis for his creation. Well, response has been so positive that today Lamm, 25, launched a […]

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Recently, a reader contacted me to weigh in on physical activity among those with compulsive exercising and/or disordered-eating tendencies. I figured my thoughts might be useful to others: 1) Usually, if someone can’t do something without it becoming obsessive/addictive, it’s time to stop it for a while and regroup. 2) Those in recovery who begin or […]

As a parent, you want nothing but the best for your child. So when it comes to finding the right program to treat their eating disorder, it’s important to pick one fully equipped with the specialized knowledge and tools necessary to meet their unique needs. Many eating disorder programs offered today began with treating adults […]

Fragile, dry hair, weakened, brittle fingernails, and dull, dry skin are signs of general malnutrition, particularly when calories, protein, and zinc are low. No surprise, then, that hair loss (and bad fingernails and skin) is common in anorexia nervosa. I reassure patients that they are not going to lose all their hair because this is […]

SMITH Magazine Six-Word Memoirs Six-Word Memoirs is teaming up with ABC’s acclaimed series Fresh Off the Boat for a new book, Six Words Fresh Off the Boat: Stories of Immigration, Identity, and Coming to America (Kingswell/Disney Publishing 2017). The newest book in the Six-Word series is an exploration of one […]

Individuals of all sizes may struggle with accepting their bodies; however, it is only those who live in fat bodies who also confront weight stigma. If you have a thin body – despite how much you might dislike it – you live with thin privilege. Want to know what thin privilege looks like? In a […]