Is it the norm for you, your child, or someone you know to experience sensory challenges with food, forget to eat, or take a long time to eat due to getting easily distracted? While this doesn’t necessarily mean there’s an eating disorder at play, it could mean something else that would be important to recognize: […]

What was the messaging around food in your house growing up? Not surprisingly, our relationship with food begins at birth as food is a necessity for survival. Children learn to understand the world as they develop, looking to their parental figures for guidance around how to interact with food.  The messaging that is communicated in […]

Eating disorder recovery comes with many challenges, one of those is navigating potential body changes. In a society that idealizes thinness, gaining weight can be distressing and feel shameful. In addition to physical changes, recovery comes with mental and emotional discomfort as well.  It is understandable to have feelings about body changes in the recovery […]

The human body undergoes complex, intricate processes on a daily basis. It functions with the help of macronutrients – protein, carbohydrates and fat as well as, sometimes the lesser known, micronutrients. Let’s dive in below.  what are micronutrients? Micronutrients, also known as vitamins and minerals, are essential dietary elements that are required for physiological functions […]

A diagnosis of Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) can be overwhelming for an individual and their caregivers. Since ARFID has only recently gained wider recognition and is a less well known eating disorder, it is understandable to have questions about what this diagnosis means and what treatment might look like. We are going through the […]