Advice for Parents

The important work we all need to be doing

A couple of recent articles have created quite a stir in the eating disorder/Health at Every Size/Intuitive Eating communities.  One is from a May 16, 2009 article written by Hortense at Jezebel in response to the April/May issue of Girl’s Life Magazine and the other is a May 24, 2009 Interview with MeMe Roth by Gaby Wood printed in the Guardian.

Please join me in lessening the disparity

I belong to a number of Internet professional organizations and so receive updates on what's being done out in the "bigger" world regarding focusing on wellness versus weight. Just when I think things are getting better I am reminded that that is not the case. In an "Intuitive Eating Professionals Discussion" chain there was a comment posted 3 days ago from Deborah Kauffmann a Registered Dietician in Baltimore, MD:

Heed the warning ...

Last week I had the privilege and the honor of presenting to a room full of families and their "in treatment" loved ones at the amazing eating disorder treatment facility, Avalon Hills in Logan, Utah. Besides being thoroughly impressed with what Avalon provides their clients I was humbled by the ...