Leslie Sim

Mayo Clinic, Ph.D, eating disorders

[Leslie Sim @DrLeslieSim]

Great topic and information shared today. #abcDRBchat

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Academy of Eating Disorders has guidelines for obesity prevention #abcDRBchat

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t10: National Eating Disorders Awareness has resources on the link between obesity and eating disorders #abcDRBchat

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t9: If children feel stigmatized they will take drastic measures to lose weight and that may have worse consequences #abcDRBchat

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t9: We see children's binge eating get worse when they feel bad about themselves. #abcDRBchat

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T9: Shame is never helpful. It never motivates behavior change. #abcDRBchat

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t8: marketing sugary foods to kids is indeed part of the problem. #abcDRBchat

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t4: it's great that we are all talking about environmental changes rather than personal responsibility #abcdrbchat

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T4: Get vending machines out of schools, workplaces #abcdrbchat

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T3: Research with obese adolescents show that a predictor of weight gain is being told to go on a diet by an authority figure #abcdrbchat

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Put the focus on physical, emotional, and social health not weight #abcdrbchat

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T3 parents can model good eating habits #abcdrbchat

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T2 Fat shaming in our society does not help us to solve this problem #abcdrbchat

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T2 genetic factors play a large role #abcdrbchat

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T1 We are seeing that children with obesity are at risk for developing eating disorders #abcdrbchat

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Hi, I am Dr. Leslie Sim, at Mayo Clinic I am a child psychologist and eating disorder specialist. Happy to be here #abcdrbchat