The Center for Mindful Eating

There has been emerging evidence that eating disorders dont just exist in privileged white women, as believed in the past, but in people of all shapes, sizes, colors and ethnicities.

Dr Carolyn Becker, award-winning researcher at Trinity University San Antonio, has conducted groundbreaking research along with her colleagues in the last 5 years on the prevalence of eating disorders and weight stigma in people who also struggle with food insecurity.

This webinar is about the latest collaboration between Dr. Becker and a former bariatric dietitian on the prevalence of food insecurity, eating disorders and weight stigma in people who have undergone bariatric surgery.

This surgery is a popular and lucrative procedure offered by many hospitals for people at higher weights, but patients are often not screened for eating disorders and food insecurity, many of them are from marginalized communities, and struggle with malnutrition and mental health challenges before and after surgery, that bariatric centers are not equipped to handle and end up blaming on patient's "non compliance" instead.

This is the first study of its kind in bariatric patients to raise an alarm about the food insecurity and eating disorders that need to be addressed if true holistic health is indeed the goal of our healthcare system.

Learning Objectives

1. Learn about the correlation between food insecurity and eating disorders in people of all sizes, and especially people in larger bodies.
2. Become aware of screening tools for food insecurity and eating disorders in your patients if you are a clinician in public or private practice,.
3. Learn how to integrate ethical weight-inclusive care for people in larger bodies, while addressing possible food insecurity, eating disorders, and malnutrition that might coexist in this population.

CE Eligible with Certificate of Completion.