Sick enough: a guide to the medical complications of eating disorders and undernutrition

About the Author

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Weight Stigma and Weight-Inclusive Care

PART I Not Enough Calories: The Science of Undernourishment

2 30,000-Foot View: Undernourishment Is Bad for the Body, and Food Is Good for It

3 Going into Hibernation

4 Hormones, Bones, and Exercise

5 The Empty Tank

6 Presentations of Advanced Malnutrition and Severe Underweight

PART II Purging

7 30,000-Foot View: What Is Purging? Why Does It Cause Medical Issues?

8 How Does Purging Physically Affect the Body?

9 Electrolytes and Stopping Purging

PART III Binge-Eating Disorder, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, and "Atypical" Anorexia Nervosa

10 Binge-Eating Disorder (BED)

11 Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

12 Atypical Anorexia Nervosa (AAN)

PART IV Recovery

13 Recovery Themes

14 Early and Later Nutritional Rehabilitation: The Journey Toward Sufficient and Consistent Nourishment

PART V The Unmeasurables: (a.k.a. The Very REal Medical Problems That Modern Medicine Often Can't Measure)

15 Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)

16 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

17 Complex Digestive Issues

PART VI Specific Populations

18 Neurodiversity

19 Other Influential Psychiatric Diagnosis

20 Diabetes Mellitus

21 Athletes and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)

22 Males

23 Gender and Sexual Minorities

24 Sxual and Reproductive Health

25 Substance Use Disorder

26 Longstanding Eating Disorders and Older Age

27 Caring for the Patient Who Declines Treatment

Conclusion: How We Can Contribute Positively

Index.