In Consultation, Beyond the Diet Mentality: Empowering clients through attuned eating

People who diet are eight times as likely to develop an eating disorder, are at higher risk for disease as the result of weight cycling, and have higher rates of depression and lower self-esteem. [...] while dieting may seem like good self-care, it's actually hazardous to our clients' phys...

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Published in:Psychotherapy networker 2010-07, Vol.34 (4)
Main Author: Matz, Judith
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Diet
Hunger
Self esteem
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Summary:People who diet are eight times as likely to develop an eating disorder, are at higher risk for disease as the result of weight cycling, and have higher rates of depression and lower self-esteem. [...] while dieting may seem like good self-care, it's actually hazardous to our clients' physical and mental well-being. [...] it's only when clients find that most of their eating is now out of physiological hunger, that they no longer have "forbidden" foods to reprimand themselves about, and that much of their negative dialog about food has been replaced by compassion that they're in a strong position to end their reliance on food to manage emotions.
ISSN:1535-573X