Bulimia Support with Dietitian and Nutritionist

A qualified registered dietitian can help manage bulimia nervosa in the following ways:

• Provide education around Bulimia, its causes, symptoms, risk factors, and more.
• Clearly outline the process of recovery from bulimia.
• Supply information about your body’s nutritional needs.
• Assist in clearing up misconceptions about food, diet, body image and so  on.
• Work with a bulimia dietitian to identify various behavioural triggers.
• Assist in the development of a healthy relationship with food.
• Help reduce the fear of certain foods or food groups, and the subsequent avoidance of such foods.
• Provide support and strategies to help avoid the cycle of restrictive behaviour, bingeing, purging, and again restriction.
• Help stabilize weight loss, if any.
• Inform about the dangers of dieting and diet cycles, and how to break them.
• Provide support and work to decrease extreme fear of gaining weight and/or concern with weight, body shape and size.
• Help to realistically assess your body weight and shape.
• Work to build a self-acceptance and a positive body image.
• Receive support of an eating disorder dietitian to help you get back to regular patterns of eating.
• Monitor progress of bulimia recovery, as required.
• Additionally, you can work with a dietitian for pediatric care, dietitian for adolescents, dietitian for mental health, dietitian for weight gain and more.
• Receive counselling from a women’s nutritionist.
• Work in conjunction with other health professionals to help support the overall anorexia treatment and the recovery process.
• Work with a sports dietitian to balance your fitness and sporting needs with a healthy relationship with food.
• And more.