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BODY POSITIVITY, AND OTHER IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS
By: Lauren MacLeod Lauren is finishing up her dietetic internship at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to become a registered dietitian. She hopes to work in outpatient counseling and has enjoyed working with the eating disorder population. There’s been a lot of buzz around...
BOOK REVIEW: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN NUTRITION AND FITNESS
Clifford D, Curtis L. Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness, 1st Edition. New York, NY: The Guliford Press, 2016 (1). This review was written for graduate nutrition class "Obesity," 2016.Elizabeth Parker, MS, RD About the AuthorsAuthor Dawn Clifford is...
BOOK REVIEW: MINDLESS EATING
This review was written for my college class "Psychology of Eating," 2016.Elizabeth Parker, MS, RD About the authorDr. Brian Wansink, who has been called the “Sherlock Homes of eating behavior,”1 founded the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University in 1997. He was...
Book Review: MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS OF EATING DISORDERS
Eating Disorders, A Guide to Medical Care and Complications, 2nd Edition. By Philip S. Mehler, M.D., and Arnold E. Andersen, M.D. This book was published in 2010 by John Hopkins University Press. The original edition was published in 1999. This review was written for...
EATING DISORDERS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
By: Jessica Cushing-murray The CoronaVirus, COVID-19, the world pandemic. The chaos that is our lives today. Maybe you know someone who has been diagnosed with this virus, or maybe you are lucky and you and your family have been safely and successfully quarantining...
DIMENSIONS OF GENDER AND DISORDERED EATING
By Miranda DaschianDaschian is a student-athlete at Cal Poly - SLO majoring in Psychology with a minor in Ethnic Studies. She aspires to work with athletes struggling with eating disorders and promote body positivity to those competing in adolescence and beyond. ...
