Ali Fitness Podcast

“It’s very scary. We make light of an eating disorder. I hear it all the time, ‘Oh, just give them a chocolate bar.’ It’s about food, but it’s not about food. It’s really about this intense, intense fear.” Denise Fair is a registered dietician from Canada who specialized in pediatric nutrition at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and Winnipeg Children’s Hospital. She moved to Hong Kong in 2009, where she has served as an RD with Central Health Medical Practice. Denise does private consultations in all areas of dietetics, continuing to focus on pediatrics and adding an expertise in eating disorders. Today Denise discusses the most common eating disorders she encounters, the demographics of her patients with anorexia and bulimia, and the personality traits common to these patients. She addresses the steps you can take as the parent of a child with a potential eating disorder and when to pursue a live-in intensive program in a hospital setting versus a weekly consult with a nutritionist. Listen and learn