If you are a parent, you are probably acquainted with the growth charts your child’s pediatrician pulls out every year at their well check visit. While they might look familiar year to year, the growth charts can also be confusing. What do they mean? What exactly are they measuring? Is your child’s growth healthy?  Let […]

For many adolescents and adults in eating disorder treatment, weight restoration is an important step towards recovery. Weight restoration is the process of returning weight back to an individual’s natural biological blueprint following weight loss or weight suppression due to an eating disorder. This is where understanding Biologically Appropriate Weight (BAW) comes into play.  Regardless […]

Ahhh summer time. Enter: beach days, summer camps, hikes in the woods, and nights spent sleeping under the stars. While longer, warmer days often means spending more time outside, it also can mean showing more of your body which may lead to an increase in body image issues. As a parent, it can be upsetting […]

Many kids tend to be fussy or picky eaters and avoid certain foods because of taste or texture preference. As parents and clinicians, it can be hard to distinguish between picky eating and an eating disorder that requires treatment such as Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder or ARFID. Knowing how to distinguish picky eating from something […]

Before you ask, “will my child inherit my eating disorder?” remember – there are things you can do to to cultivate a positive food environment for your child.