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This one might make some of you uncomfortable. Good. Stay with it. I started my workout today on the treadmill. Nothing unusual there. But then I stopped at seven minutes and something seconds in. Not ten minutes. Not fifteen. Not a round, satisfying, socially acceptable number. Just, I'm ready to lift now. A Forrest Gump moment, if you will. I just stopped. I also left my phone at home, no distractions, no chasing calories, or how long I worked out for. Gosh, it was so relax

One of the things families often say to me is: "She knows she needs to eat. So why won't she just do it?" It's a fair question. And new research is starting to give us a better answer. The old explanation For a long time, the dominant idea in science was that compulsive behaviours, including the rigid food rules, rituals, and repetitive thinking seen in anorexia, were essentially habits gone wrong. The idea was that the brain had slipped into autopilot. That restriction or av

My theme for research this week is eating disorders in midlife and older women. In the last few years, conversations about perimenopause have finally become louder. Women are sharing experiences that were once whispered about or dismissed. Hormones, sleep changes, brain fog, joint aches, mood shifts, heavy periods, and exhaustion are now being talked about openly. That shift matters. For many people, it has been validating to realise they are not alone. But there is another s

In first sessions with parents, I often find myself holding two responsibilities at once. I need to be honest about how serious malnutrition can be. And I need to help families feel steady enough to begin the work. Those two things don’t always sit comfortably together. This feels especially hard when malnutrition is not treated with urgency or as an emergency by other clinicians. I know I am biased toward this viewpoint as a dietitian; however, the evidence points to early,