‘There’s a huge fatphobia problem in the eating disorder world’: Even in treatment, weight stigma fails patients
Eating disorder specialists disagree about how to best address obesity and weight stigma — a conflict that may leave patients susceptible to inappropriate or harmful care.
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Shira Rosenbluth went on her first diet at 10 years old. It was her own idea: She’d learned that a neighbor was doing some sort of junior WeightWatchers program, and her parents encouraged her to stick with it even after Rosenbluth changed her mind. It took only weeks for her to develop an eating disorder.
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