ERC & Pathlight In the News

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Giddy

Your Postpartum Eating Disorder Doesn't Have to Be A Silent Struggle

This article sheds a light on postpartum eating disorders with help from Shannon Kopp, sharing insight and perspective on what it's like to be a new mom and surrounded by societal pressures and social media. Dr. Kim Anderson is also quoted, providing clinical expertise for this piece.
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Healthcare Design

4 Design Strategies For Treatment Spaces For Persons With Eating Disorders

ERC is featured in this healthcare design magazine for its design strategies to provide a calming environment in treatment spaces including the spa areas. The article notes ERC provides calm and safe bathroom spaces; reduced social density in dining areas; uses natural lighting throughout for circadian health; and reduces opportunities for excess movement.
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Well + Good

‘Lifestyle Changes’ Are Often Diet Culture in Sheep’s Clothing

At face value, the term "lifestyle change" might not seem harmful, but as this Well+Good article showcases, it's nothing more than "diet culture in sheep's clothing." Eating Recovery Center Clinical Response Manager Meredith Nisbit shares her perspective and notes how the term itself implies "there's something wrong with your current lifestyle or there is a right or wrong way to live your life."
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Fox 5 Washington DC

Eating disorders and summer stressors

In this Fox 5 Washington DC segment, Dr. Steven Crawford discusses summer stressors and their impact on eating disorders.
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411 Teen: NPR

411 Teen - Eating Disorders

Dr. Elizabeth Easton had a comprehensive conversation with NPR's 411 Teen host Dr. Liz Holifield about eating disorders in teens and college-aged students.

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