We Rebuilt Our Digestive Disorders & Eating Disorders Training. Here’s What’s New.

Introducing Digestive Disorders & Eating Disorders 2.0: Clinical Reasoning & Strategies for Complex Care

GI symptoms and eating disorders often drive and maintain each other. Restriction, bingeing and purging change how the digestive system works. In turn, uncomfortable GI symptoms can fuel fear of food, restriction, and avoidance.

While some people experience significant GI improvement as they heal their relationship to food and body through eating disorders treatment, many people experience persistent and problematic GI symptoms. It can feel incredibly discouraging for both the provider and the client.

Many clients have also had their symptoms dismissed by previous providers. As Amanda Gledhill, MS, RD, CD, put it after taking our original course:

“I think it’s essential for ED RDs to have this understanding of the relationship between functional gut disorders and ED, especially when so many clients often have a history with it being dismissed by previous medical providers.”

The more we understand how eating disorder symptoms, malnutrition, and gut-brain communication influence one another, the better equipped we are to make thoughtful clinical decisions and explore a wider range of treatment options with confidence.

Why we rebuilt our GI and eating disorder training for dietitians and clinicians

The research and treatment landscape for disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs) has changed in substantive and important ways since we launched our first course in 2019.

When we set out to update it, we quickly realized that refreshing a few lectures wouldn’t do justice to how much the science and clinical landscape have evolved. We also wanted to honor what clinicians told us they needed more of: opportunities to see our clinical thinking in action, and practical tools to support their own decision-making.

So we went back to the drawing board and recreated the whole training.

What’s new in Digestive Disorders & Eating Disorders 2.0

• From knowing the physiology to thinking physiologically. We rebuilt our foundational lessons around advances in neurogastroenterology and Rome V. You’ll learn to connect normal digestive physiology to the mechanisms behind ED-GI symptoms, and apply that understanding to complex clinical presentations.
• More clinical cases that show how we think, not just what we know. This was the number one request from clinicians who took the original. Cases are woven throughout the training to show how we interpret complicated presentations, weigh competing explanations, prioritize interventions and navigate uncertainty.
• New tools for your sessions. Clinician- and client-ready worksheets, handouts and guided decision-making resources help you bring this clinical reasoning into your own work, long after the training ends.
• A redesigned approach to screening and assessment. ARFID is in much sharper focus, along with the effects of medications such as GLP-1s. We’ve expanded practical interviewing and counseling skills, with cases that show how to move from gathering information to making meaningful clinical decisions.
• Updated upper and lower GI guidance. Lauren has substantially revised these modules to reflect current evidence and Rome V. They cover functional dyspepsia, gastroparesis, GERD, bloating and SIBO, IBS, constipation and diarrhea, with expanded treatment resources.
• Entirely new areas of learning. Dedicated content on MCAS, POTS and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, plus expanded teaching on body image and embodiment, gut-directed behavioral therapies, clinical communication and advocating for appropriate testing.
• Two hour-long expert conversations. Neurogastroenterologist and ED-GI researcher Dr. Kyle Staller and pelvic floor physical therapist Dr. Meghan Markowski bring their expertise to the clinical questions and dilemmas we face in ED-GI care.

The biggest difference? We’ve moved beyond teaching you what to know, toward helping you strengthen how you think through complex ED-GI care.

Who this ED-GI training is for: dietitians, therapists and clinicians

Digestive Disorders & Eating Disorders 2.0 is designed for dietitians, therapists and other clinicians supporting clients where eating and digestive concerns overlap. Whether you’re newer to this work or have years of experience, it’s built to sharpen your clinical reasoning.

When you enroll, you’ll also join the Food and Body Image Healers® Community, a private group of clinicians around the world who’ve trained with me. Members share referrals, resources and clinical questions, and I answer community members’ questions by video in my Clinical Q&A sessions three times a month.

Digestive Disorders & Eating Disorders 2.0 awards 19 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.

What dietitians and clinicians said about the original training

“The Digestive Disorders & Eating Disorders course with Marci and Lauren is rich with information that is relevant to so many of our ED clients and it provides concrete tools and a review of the research on best-practices to help clinicians feel more capable when navigating this complexity.”

     ~ Erin Kuta, MPH, RD, LDN

 

“Marci is brilliant and such an effective teacher. As a newer dietitian in the GI and ED space, this course was the perfect cross-section. I learned so much that I was furiously taking notes the whole time and can’t wait to incorporate into my practice!”

     ~Rachel Halverson, MS, RDN

The course opens November 2, 2026.  

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Lauren and I can’t wait to learn alongside you.

Warmly,