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06/14/2024
2024 OAPA Annual Conference - CME #14
Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Let Them Eat Cake: Untangling Food Myths, Disordered Eating, and the Battle Against Diet Culture in Modern Medicine
Presented by Michael Czajka, MPAS, PA-C, Cleveland Clinic Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Learning Objectives:
- Scrutinize medical dietary and weight loss recommendations, acknowledging their potential to reinforce disordered eating habits and eating disorders
- Explore the pervasive impact of diet culture in medicine on the development and perpetuation of disordered eating
- Recognize food as essential nutrition for health, while discerning the dangers of equating food solely with medicine, particularly in relation to disordered eating
- Introduce Health at Every Size (HAES) and Intuitive Eating as evidence-based methods for supporting recovery and overall well-being amongst all individuals regardless of body type
Speaker Biography: