A Place to Heal: Building Vermont’s Only In-Person Eating Disorder PHP and IOP

My mother, Annika Kahm, is a registered dietitian who has spent more than 35 years treating eating disorders, work shaped from the start by her own recovery from anorexia and bulimia in her teens and early twenties. Her experience, along with the success stories I grew up hearing about her work, convinced us both that […]

Eating Enough to Heal: Metabolism and Repair in Eating Disorder Recovery

Recognizing the signs of under-fueling raises a practical question about what the body needs in order to repair the effects of restriction. A body that has operated on too little energy for months or years has adjusted how it functions, lowering its metabolic rate and pulling resources away from functions it considered nonessential. The body […]

Are You Eating Enough? Signs of Under-Fueling and the Physical Cost of Restriction

Advice on how to eat less is easy to come by. When a physician suggests cutting back at an annual visit or a coworker describes the plan that finally “worked”, following that advice usually garners praise, and comments about “discipline”. Very little in the surrounding culture prompts anyone to ask whether the amount of food […]

GLP-1s in Eating Disorder Care, Part 2: Treatment and Clinical Advocacy

As we explored in Part 1, GLP-1 medications change the way the body experiences hunger and fullness. For someone with an eating disorder, that can make an already complicated relationship with food even harder to navigate. Appetite suppression can make restriction easier to miss, while weight bias can reinforce the assumption that weight loss is […]

Understanding ARFID and Its Impact on Your Health

Quick Takeaway: ARFID is a serious eating disorder driven by food-related fears, sensory sensitivities, or lack of interest in eating—not body image concerns. Many people experience challenges surrounding mealtimes. These difficulties can range from simple dislikes to a more significant aversion to certain foods or textures. In some cases, these anxieties can manifest as a […]

GLP-1s in Eating Disorder Care, Part 1: Understanding the Risks

The public discussion surrounding GLP-1 medications remains focused on external transformation. Across medical settings and media, rapid weight loss gets celebrated as an automatic win for health. You will routinely hear claims that these medications will make you feel better, improve your health, or eliminate food noise entirely. But what does weight-inclusive care in the […]

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