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Chapter 6 - Management of Eating Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2020

Jane Morris  and
Caz Nahman
Jane Morris
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital
Caz Nahman
Affiliation:
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
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Summary

Dieticians play an important role in managing eating disorders – not just looking at nutrition but providing psychoeducation around nutrition, helping patients begin to normalise eating and making sure nutrition is adequate for growth, development and life-style. The reader is introduced to the depth and range of work that a dietician is able to provide.

Keywords

anorexia nervosabulimia nervosaCBT-EMANTRAFBTFT-AN
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New to Eating Disorders , pp. 34 - 47
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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