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It is widely accepted that the treatment of eating disorders takes a team approach that includes nutrition therapy with a registered dietitian, psychotherapy with a therapist/psychologist and medical monitoring with a doctor. In this course, you examine “normal” nutrition and eating patterns and the physiological, nutritional and behavioral changes that occur in eating disorders/disordered eating. Nutrition challenges in recovering from an eating disorder, the health at every size (HAES) model to treatment and intuitive eating will all be discussed.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Gain an understanding of the role that hunger and satiety cues have on the development and continuation of eating disorders.
- Understand the specifics of the physiology of digestion and absorption of nutrients Identify both macronutrients and micronutrients and their importance to the body.
- Identify eating behaviors on the compulsive-eating and intuitive-eating spectrum.
- Be familiar with diagnostic criteria for common eating disorders.
What You Learn
- The registered dietician (R.D.) and eating disorders
- What to do when your client won’t see an R.D.
- Physiology, regarding the anatomy of the digestive system, macronutrients and micronutrients; absorption and metabolism
- Abnormal physiology effects, including restricting intake, bingeing and purging
- Nutritional goals for eating disorders
- Nutritional assessment of eating disorders, including a client’s medical and dieting histories; assessment of eating attitudes and beliefs; biochemical and metabolic assessments; clinical signs and symptoms; estimated needs, goals and plan of care
- Nutritional treatment issues with eating disorders such as those unique to a client, associated clinical problems, co-morbidities, and the effects of the family dynamic and society
- Intuitive eating: the non-diet approach
How You Learn
- Lecture
- In-class discussion