Emma Waddington
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6 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 13 Aug
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start to restrict too much or you know they might fall into the sort of bulimic where they're restricting purging or over exercising and life gets really really small yeah and tight and there's not a lot of values in their life and it's much more goal oriented
I think that's what, you know, obviously whenever there's a weight loss conversation, that is a concern that it's going to, you know, restriction is going to kick in and that's going to get them into a life that really isn't worth living because we know that anorexia is one of the deadliest mental health disorders.
But yeah, how do you speak to that?
Because that is obviously a big concern for many parents and many clinicians and physicians.
And perhaps that's where some of the conversations get really uncomfortable for doctors.
Yeah, that moral judgment, right?
The shame that comes in and that sort of cascade of other behaviors that come with the shame, the hiding and potentially the, you know, behaving in ways that are not aligned with our values.
You know, we don't look after ourselves very well in those moments when we're feeling deeply ashamed about ourselves.
What else do you do?
I guess what's interesting is this.
You're absolutely right.
The maintenance piece seems to be the most challenging piece around weight loss.
And in this day and age, I think about the accessibility of food is a huge problem.
Like there's food absolutely everywhere.
I was talking to somebody about it the other day that when I was growing up, I can't even remember if we got snacks or
I think we may have had one, but my kids get, you know, they get two snacks in addition to, if not three, in addition to lunch.
Like there's a lot of food and they're expected to be eating every few hours and there's vending machines at school and everything.
Food is really everywhere.
So it's really hard to manage your food intake nowadays.
Right.
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