As soon as people started prescribing GLP-1’s for weight loss, we all in the field were like, uh-oh …” says Dr. Elizabeth Wassenaar, a regional director at the Eating Recovery Center, a treatment program with facilities nationwide.... But GLP-1’s trigger weight loss in a way that’s different from other dieting, Dr. Wassenaar says, because of just how severely hunger cues are disrupted and how quickly patients lose weight. “We are seeing these people have this sort of click in their brain, that malnutrition click, and it sends them right back into that eating-disorder pathology.
The ‘Skinny Shot’ Anorexia Problem
Eating Recovery Center Regional Medical Director Elizabeth Wassenaar, MS, MD, CEDS-S, DFAPA, is quoted in this The Cut article which spotlights why GLP-1s for weight loss are problematic for the eating disorder community.
Published: May 14, 2026
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