What to Expect When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder

You child was just diagnosed with an eating disorder, and you have a million questions and concerns. Your child is already off to a good start because you’re reading this and you are going to get them the care they need. Here are some questions you may have:

5 Ways to Help Reduce your Child's Risk of Developing an Eating Disorder

Eating disorders are the second most common chronic medical condition during adolescence. Families can absolutely help reduce the risk of their child or teen developing an unhealthy relationship with food. Here are 5 things as adapted from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Eating DisorderLaura Watson MS, RDN, LDNSeptember 27, 2022dietitian, children, eating disorder prevention, non-diet, body imageComment

3 Things to Look for when Choosing a Dietitian to Help with your PCOS

You have questions. You were just diagnosed with PCOS and you have no clue what to do next! Or you have been diagnosed for awhile, but still feel like you’re not exactly sure how to manage your PCOS symptoms. You have questions and are looking for professional nutrition support, but where to go?

How do you know who to talk to? Here are 3 things to keep in mind when looking for a dietitian to work with:

Weight InclusiveLaura Watson MS, RDN, LDNSeptember 12, 2022PCOS, anti-diet, dietitian, health at every sizeComment

Why Trying To Lose Weight Might Be Preventing You From Being Healthy

Has this ever happened to you?

You start getting into some sort of movement/exercise, you settle into a rhythm with it, you actually feel pretty good. You are sleeping better, your mood is elevated, you actually feel a little better in your body. You think you’ve got a good thing going.

Then you get on the scale… and it hasn’t gone down, maybe it has gone up.

So you stop. As far as you are concerned, if you are not losing weight, then clearly it’s not working.

If you don't diet, then how do you eat? Four non-diet food and body new year's resolutions

Maybe you are someone that has had many previous New Year’s resolutions that were related to weight loss and fitness. In year’s past the excitement of a new beginning was palpable once the confetti settled - the promise of a new, fitter, thinner, healthier version of yourself. But maybe now you are someone that is beginning to question all the hype around weight loss resolutions.

After all, once that confetti does settle you are left with food rules that feel boring and you are finding yourself more and more “cheating” on your diet. But if you are someone that has relied on the “guard rails” of food rules from following a certain plan or diet to know how to eat, you may be finding yourself asking…

If I don’t diet, then what?