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Eating disorder treatment: Know your options
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Where to start
Setting up a treatment plan
Psychological therapy
Nutrition education
Medications for eating disorders
Hospitalization for eating disorders
Hospital day treatment programs
Residential treatment for eating disorders
Ongoing treatment for health problems
Take an active role
Nutrition education
Registered dietitians and other professionals involved in your treatment can help you better understand your eating disorder and help you develop a plan to achieve and maintain healthy eating habits. Goals of nutrition education may be to:
- Work toward a healthy weight
- Understand how nutrition affects your body, including recognizing how your eating disorder causes nutrition issues and physical problems
- Practice meal planning
- Establish regular eating patterns — generally, three meals a day with regular snacks
- Take steps to avoid dieting or bingeing
- Correct health problems that are a result of malnutrition or obesity
