Eating Disorders

Improve Your Relationship with Food + Your Body


At Whole Health Nutrition, we work with individuals and families of all ages to promote a supportive and healthy relationship with food.

Types of clients we work with may have disordered eating practices, Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders (OSFED).

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While symptoms often vary across eating disorders, below are some potential warning signs.

Behavioral:

  • Frequent thoughts about food and dieting 

  • Refusal to eat certain foods or food groups (carbohydrates, fats etc.)

  • Purposefully skipping meals and/or restricting portions

  • Uncomfortable eating around others

  • Preoccupied with weight and extreme fear of weight gain 

  • Frequent checking of body in the mirror 

  • Food rituals (ex- taking small bites, arranging food in a certain way, not allowing foods to touch, checking portion sizes multiple times, only eating at specified times or places, eating very quickly or slowly)

  • Frequently eating past the point of being full and feeling unable to stop

Physical: 

  • Noticeable weight fluctuations, both up and/or down

  • Difficulty concentrating

  • Frequently feeling light-headed, especially upon standing

  • Low energy

  • Irregular or absent menstrual cycles

  • Gastrointestinal symptoms such as constipation, stomach cramps, and acid reflux

  • Difficulty sleeping

  • Muscle weakness

  • Frequently feeling cold 

  • Dry skin, hair, and brittle nails

  • Dental problems

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face…
Do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

Unsure of if you or a loved one may have an eating disorder? This National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) screening tool can be helpful in determining if you meet criteria or are at risk of developing an eating disorder. https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/screening-tool

If you or a loved one is struggling with an eating disorder and would like to schedule a visit with one of our dietitians, please use the button below to connect.