
How We Talk About Eating Disorders - How Conversations Have Changed & Should Change
Episode 55 - September 2nd, 2021
*Scroll down for The 9 Truths About Eating Disorders in English & links for 32 other languages*
**Content warning: we mention the names of eating disorders but do not talk about the details of the disorders**

Conversations matter.
In the last 50 years, the conversations around eating disorders have drastically changed
- From the conversations in medical education
- To the inclusion of conversations as a part of diagnostics and treatment
- And our awareness around the conversations we have about our own bodies
In this episode, I invited my godmother Eileen, who is a dietician working in the field of eating disorders for 40ish years, to talk about the truths and assumptions around eating disorders and more.
Who is Eileen Stellefson Myers?

MPH, RDN, LDN, CEDRD-S, FADA, FAND
Nutrition and Healthcare Consultant
and Author of Winning the War Within:
Nutrition Therapy for Clients with Eating Disorders, 3rd ed.
“Winning the War Within is a comprehensive and state-of-the-art manual that deserves to be in the library of every clinician who works with eating disordered patients.” Edurefferal.com
Expert in nutrition, disordered eating, patient engagement, and behavior change.
*Eileen is also Meghan’s godmother
9 Truths About Eating Disorders

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES
- Arabic: تسعة حقائق عن اضطربات الطعام
- Brazilian Portuguese: Nove Verdades Sobre Transtornos Alimentares
- Bulgarian: 9 Истини За Хранителните Разтройства
- Chinese: 关于摄食障碍的九个真相
- Croatian: Devet Istina O Poremećajima U Prehrani
- Czech: Devět Pravd o Poruchách Příjmu Potravy
- Danish: Ni Sandheder om Spiseforstyrrelser
- Dutch: Negen Waarheden Over Eetstoornissen
- English: Nine Truths about Eating Disorders
- Estonian: Üheksa Tõde Söömishäirete Kohta
- Farsi: نه حقیقت در مورد اختلالات غذا خوردن
- Finnish: Yhdeksän Totuutta Syömishäiriöistä
- Quebec French: Neuf Vérités Sur Les Troubles De L’Alimentation
- Georgian: 9 ჭეშმარიტება კვებითი დარღვევების შესახებ
- German: Neun Wahrheiten Über Essstorungen
- Hebrew: תשע עובדות על הפרעות אכילה
- Hindi: विकारों खाने के बारे में नौ सत्य
- Hungarian: Kilenc Igazság Az Evészavarokról
- Icelandic: Níu Staðreyndir Um Átraskanir
- Irish: Naoi Bhfíric I Dtaca Le Neamhoird itheacháin
- Italian: Nove Verita’ Sui Disturbi Del ComportAmento Alimentare
- Japanese: 摂食障害に関する9つの真実
- Nepali: खानपिनको अननयमितताबाट हु नसक्नेनौ तथ्यहर
- Norwegian: Ni Sannheter Om Spiseforstyrrelser
- Polish: Dziewięć Prawd O Zaburzeniach Jedzenia
- Portuguese: Nove Factos Sobre As Perturbações Alimentaress
- Romanian: 9 Adevăruri despre tulburările de comportament alimentar
- Russian: 9 Правдивых Фактов О Расстройствах Пищевого Поведения
- Spanish: 9 Realidades Acerca De Los Trastornos De La Conducta Alimentaria
- Sign Language: 9 Truths about Eating Disorders
- Swedish: Nio Sanningar Om Ätstörningar
- Turkish: Yeme Bozukluklari Hakkindaki 9 Gerçek
- Urdu: غیر متوازن کھانے کی عادات کے نو حقائق
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