Monthly Insights
Yes, males get eating disorders, too (June 2025)
By Carrie Dennett, MPH, RDN The thing about stereotypes is that there’s usually a nugget of truth in there somewhere. But taking what’s true for a few and generalizing it to everyone is still a problem, no matter what we’re talking about. So right now, let’s talk about eating disorders. Even though we should know […]
Child Nutrition: How Healthy Eating For Kids Starts With You (March 2021)
Permission to repost this article has been given by my colleague Crystal C. Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC who is a maternal health and child feeding specialist at Crystal Karges Nutrition in San Diego, CA. “What are the main things I should focus on to help […]
Grocery Shopping with Clients Who Have Eating Disorders (February 2021)
Some people find grocery shopping to be a stressful, anxiety provoking experience. For example, those struggling with an eating disorder report that the market can often bring up feelings of confusion about what to buy and how much to buy, feelings of being out of […]
Body Image in Men (December 2020)
There is quite a bit of press speaking about body image challenges that exist in cisgender women, cisgender men, the LGBTQ+ Community and the transgender community. People seem to be surprised when I share with them that my clientele is approximately 40% male. Many of […]
Media Literacy and Eating Disorders (November 2020)
[Margot Rittenhouse, Author] The old saying “if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything” is true in many situations. In the realm of eating disorders, if you don’t educate and inform yourself, you’ll fall for a lot as well. There is no limit […]