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[quote=Anonymous]I am a psychiatrist and worked in a small town a few years ago.  During that time, I was the only shrink in town, and had to handle everything that came my way as well as I could alone in my office just myself and the patient (I called it battlefield psychiatry).  
During that time, I had a few adults with serious eating disorders in my clinic.  They refused to leave the small town (as small down people do) to see a specialist, and I didn't have a lot of experience.  I started looking up everything I could do see if I could help them.  Believe it or not, the books I had were not particularly helpful.  There aren't really any medications that are helpful, and I wasn't about to become a skilled psychotherapist treating eating disorders overnight.  Basically, I knew to have people stand backward when they were weighed, what labs to check, when to hospitalize, a few triggering phrases to avoid, and that's it.

I ended up finding several blogs and books written by nutritionists on the subject, and I found them so positive and interesting.  I have since moved on to a more focused practice in an academic setting and no longer see eating disordered patients any more, but I still think about these all of the time.

Anyway, this just came up on the relationship board in a discussion about obesity.  One poster said that she couldn't imagine someone being over 300 lbs and healthy and active.

I knew of someone:
https://danceswithfat.org/

I also loved this one, and even ordered her book:
http://dropitandeat.blogspot.com/

I read a few books by people who were struggling with anorexia as well.  I found this more helpful than anything I read in a textbook:
https://www.amazon.com/Wasted-Marya-Hornbacher/dp/0060858796/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=anorexia+personal+experience&qid=1612483213&s=books&sr=1-2

Anyone have others to share?

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