Journal Club – Busting the Myths about Eating Disorders and Looking at the Role for an RD

Morning Journal Club – Study Group

KAND Journal Club has been in existence for over 40 years, meeting in members’ homes once a month for 2 hours each from October to May, except December.  In May, we decide on topics for the next year and apply for prior approval over the summer.  Participants search for articles on the topic and everyone adds to the discussion.  We use JADA articles, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Nutrition Newsletters (e.g. Tufts), NY Times Science Section and ADA information, plus the internet.

Topics have included Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes—all aspects, Food Safety, Cancer Prevention, Nutrition Guidelines, Eating Disorders, Childhood Obesity, etc.

Chairman: Carolyn Perry-Burst, MS, RD, LDN

Attendance & RSVP: 2 CEU’s available per session. All registered dietitians are welcome to participate. Please contact Carolyn (clpburst@outlook.com), Joan (577-4003) or Marge (588-0085) for location and to RSVP.

Meeting Time: 9:30 – 11:30 am

Topics for KAND Journal Club 2019-20

Learning Objectives

At each session the participants will:

1. engage in discussion of subtopics each club
2. verbalize new information acquired, and how it will be useful to their professional aspirations and/or describe how the information will used personally

November 6, 2019

Busting the Myths about Eating Disorders and Looking at the Role for an RD

1. Discuss 9 common myths of eating disorders

From a series of videos, Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina, The video was excerpted from a talk, “Eating Disorders Essentials: Replacing Myths with Realities,” presented at the NIMH Alliance for Research Progress Winter Meeting, February 7, 2014 in Rockville, MD.

Bulik C. Myths about Eating Disorders Busted. Multi Media Presentation. NIMH News and Events. 25 February 2014. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/media/index-eating-disorders.shtml. Accessed 6 June 2019.

2. Is there a need for an RD in treatment and recovery from eating disorders?

Tabaie WE. Eating Disorders: Preventing Side Effects in Anorexia Nervosa
Today’s Dietitian. Vol. 19, No. 5, P. 16 May 2017.