Why fatphobia is a barrier to eating disorder treatment

Eating disorders don’t have a weight limit. So why does treatment? — Eating disorder therapist Shira Rosenbluth photographed by Christine Skari.

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Eating disorders don’t have a weight limit. So why does treatment?

Eating disorders have spiked in recent years. But for patients with eating disorders who don’t look the way doctors expect, it can be challenging to access treatment. Reset talks with an eating disorder therapist about barriers to treatment and anti-fatness in health care. GUEST: Shira Rosenbluth, eating disorder therapist and licensed clinical social worker

Eating disorder therapist Shira Rosenbluth photographed by Christine Skari.

Christine Skari

By Sarah Stark

Eating disorders have spiked in recent years. But for patients with eating disorders who don’t look the way doctors expect, it can be challenging to access treatment.

Reset talks with an eating disorder therapist about barriers to treatment and anti-fatness in health care.

GUEST: Shira Rosenbluth, eating disorder therapist and licensed clinical social worker