Tag: weight-target

The parent’s part in eating disorders diagnosis

Chapter 3: How eating disorders are diagnosed, what to say to the doctor, the pitfalls to guard against, and tips on how to get expert care without delay.
Weight-restoration: why and how much weight gain?

My central page on healthy weight for eating disorder recovery. Why weight gain, how much, danger of a low target weight, buffers, overshoot, ‘stuck’ patients. Links to my other pages.
Weight centile growth charts: why they can’t predict your child’s recovery weight

Does each child really track along a percentile on a growth chart? The variability in an individual’s growth means we cannot predict a healthy weight.
Weight gain in growth spurts, and why it matters in eating disorder treatment

Growth spurts are to be expected, and they can be big. Why this matters in aiming for a recovery weight.
How much weight did your child lose? Weight suppression is critical in eating disorder diagnosis and treatment

Has your child’s weight stalled with the eating disorder? Has it dropped? What experts say on weight suppression and full weight recovery
Atypical anorexia diagnosis? Handle with care!

Atypical Anorexia: the most common type of anorexia, and at least as serious. Why the weight loss matters even if weight is ‘normal’ or high
Experts say, “Recovery weight must be individualized”

This page is all about useful quotes from experts. Goal weight for recovery should be individual, not one-size-fits-all
Is your child’s target weight a gift to the eating disorder? One-Size-Fits-All versus Growth Charts

Comparing 2 methods therapists use to predict healthy weight: plotting historical data on a growth chart, versus a middle-size-fits-all BMI approach (‘100 percent weight-for-height’). The difference can be huge!
What do BMI and Weight-For-Height mean?

What BMI and Weight-for-height (WFH) mean, and how they cannot be used for advice. Read this if your child’s therapist uses BMI or WFH