Discussing Eating Disorders with Science/Medical Journalist, Author, Speaker Trisha Gura

Hi Everyone Today my topic is Eating Disorders and here to discuss this with me is my special guest Science/Medical Journalist, Author, Speaker Trisha Gura. Trisha will also be discussing her book with me. Lying in Weight: the Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women tells those stories, from adolescence through marriage, pregnancy, parenting in a panic about childhood obesity, midlife and late life. If you want answers to these questions and more, Lying in Weight will help. Drawing from her doctorate training in molecular biology,her 15 years as a medical journalist and her personal experiences with anorexia nervosa, She approached the issue by talking with dozens of other adults with eating problems, as well as psychiatrists, psychologists, and eating disorders experts. She combed through hundreds of medical journal articles,for example,some detailing the neurochemistry changes in the brain after prolonged malnutrition. She collected popular articles. She translated the technical to the accessible, the experience to the story,and the questions to reasons that you can take home and reflect upon. When you read Lying in Weight, the women who told her their stories will teach you what it is like to cope with fear, compulsion,and deep insecurity.And how to transcend it! We can tell you how best to support us in healing,a concept also explored throughout Lying in Weight. If you would like to know more about Trisha Gura and her book please visit http://trishagura.com If you or someone you know suffers with an eating disorder this will be a show for you. I hope you will join me for this educational and informative show. Trisha will be taking your questions from my live chat room as well as my switchboard.