Feelings of shame or a lack of self-worth can lead to a negative self-perception. Dr. Melissa Spann, Psychotherapist & Executive Director with Oliver-Pyatt Centers, describes psychological, biological and social factors that can cause the behavior, especially in children...

Dr. Paula Levine, Psychologist and Founding Director of the Miami Counseling Resource Center, says anorexia is very complex, and there is choice involved and a pursuit of thinness. "Severe anorexia is by choice. We don't get born on the way to anorexia, even though there is a genetic component," she points out...

Lucette Talamas, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, points out dieting is usually seen as something negative, but the reality is that we are all on a diet. "We have to accept that we just need to learn the healthier ways to eat," she says. She explains Fad diets don't work, because after starting…...

Terry Ochoa, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, explains with social media things go out immediately, people can make fun of an image and self-esteem can start going down if the person is overweight or obese. "Depression will be based on the one becoming isolated. You may become socially awkward, feeling that you are…...

Pushing overweight children too much to lose some weight can leave them from one step to eating disorders. Dr. Melissa Spann, Psychotherapist and Executive Director with Oliver-Pyatt Centers, explains how adults can help those children to get in shape and be healthy. There is a push we all know this regarding childhood obesity we…...

Eating disorders are also family problems. Dr. Bertha Tavarez, Clinical Director at Clementine South Miami, advises not forcing adolescents to eat, because they become more willful. She says it’s important to get support away of the relationship. She recommends having a team of specialists in the field of eating disorders (physicians, nutritionists, therapists, psychologists), who…...

Dr. Paula Levine, Psychologist and Founding Director of the Miami Counseling Resource Center, says one misconception about eating disorders is that some people are going to get better and they are going to learn how to eat properly. "Anorexics are dragged by the hair by their parents when they finally notice them, which is often…...

Eating disorders are serious, but they are treatable with the proper diagnosis. Dr. Melissa Spann, Psychotherapist and Executive Director with Oliver-Pyatt Centers, talks about how important it is to be clinically diagnosed correctly if you have an eating disorder. So eating disorders we know are very serious but they are treatable that's the good…...