Send us a textHow can we identify kids at risk for eating disorders in pediatrics? How can we promote healthy relationships with food and with eating? Our guest, Dr. Jennifer Leah Goetz, a double board-certified psychiatrist specializing in eating disorders, discusses:· the variety of eating disorders in kids, · the prevalence, and risk factors for developing an eating disorder· how eating disorders come in bodies of all shapes and sizes · questions that pediatric clinicians can ask to see if a child/teen is at risk of developing an eating disorder· Positive ways to talk about food with children to mitigate their risk of developing an eating disorderJennifer Leah Goetz, MD: is double board certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. She completed her internship in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and her general psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry training at MGH and McLean. She previously served as medical director of the child and adolescent inpatient unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital and helped run the eating disorder clinical service. She is an attending psychiatrist at McLean hospital and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She specializes in the care and treatment of those with eating disorders. Check out our website PsychEd4Peds.com for more resources.Follow us on Instagram @psyched4peds

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