How to provide care for patients in eating disorder recovery

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Whilst in recovery for an eating disorder, I constantly struggled with the conflicting advice of being told by my therapist that regular

eating was important and my own thoughts from being a dental student regarding diet advice. I felt hypocritical eating so many times a day and challenging myself with fear foods, which were

often high in sugar, whilst I was telling my patients that they should limit their sugar consumption and frequency. The UK eating disorder charity Beat estimates that 1.25 million people in

the UK have an eating disorder,1 so it's essential that we are able to recognise these patients and provide the support and encouragement theyneed to recover. The term eating disorder

encompasses a broad range of disorders and symptoms, but can be summarised as a mental health condition in which people use disordered and controlled eating to cope with difficult feelings

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