GLP-1s and Eating Disorder Recovery: A Case That Changed My Clinical Practice
What One Client Taught Me About GLP-1s I'd like to share a little about a client experience I've been navigating over the past couple of years because it has informed so much of why I wanted to create this workshop series. I've worked with this client for more than a decade. She recovered from binge [...]
Navigating the GLP-1 Era: A Workshop for Weight-Inclusive Clinicians
A two-part workshop offered by Marci Evans to help weight-inclusive eating disorder clinicians navigate GLP-1 conversations with clarity and confidence. I have to tell you, I've never seen anything like this moment in my career. Nearly every conversation is turning toward GLP-1s. And the clinical questions being asked of us as weight-inclusive eating disorder dietitians [...]
LGBTQIA+ Eating Disorder Care: Making Space When the World Isn’t
This Pride Month, I've been reflecting on the idea of space, what it really means to slow down and what it means to create space for the LGBTQIA+ clients and colleagues who don't always have it. By the time you read this, I’ll be off on a medical leave for the month of June. And [...]
Eating Disorders Are Mental Health Conditions
Eating Disorder Screening and Assessment Starts in the Mind, Not the Body May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as I found myself reflecting on what I wanted to share, I kept coming back to a perspective I offered at Grand Rounds during Eating Disorders Awareness Week and revisited in my clinical community at about [...]
How GLP-1 Medications Complicate Eating Disorder Recovery
What dietitians and clinicians need to know to support clients when GLP-1 culture is everywhere. Every year on International No Diet Day - which also happens to be my birthday - I find myself reflecting on a question that shows up everywhere in my work - whether I'm with a client, sitting with a supervisee, [...]
Why Nutrition Is Both Essential and Complicated in Eating Disorder Recovery
Nutrition is essential for eating disorder recovery - but it can also become a source of control, identity, and false power. Nutrition plays a central role in eating disorder recovery, but its impact is more complex than most people realize, so when we hear this year’s National Nutrition Month theme, “Discover the Power,” it’s worth [...]
Every Body Belongs: Inclusive Eating Disorder Care in 2026
Why weight-inclusive, culturally responsive eating disorder care is essential for access, recovery, and saving lives. National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAW) takes place in the United States from February 23 – March 1, 2026. This year’s theme is Every Body Belongs. I cannot think of a more important message for the eating disorder field right [...]
Marci’s Annual Book Roundup for 2025
If you’ve been reading my posts for a bit, you already know that each January I share my annual book round-up from the previous year. I start getting excited about this in late Fall, and it makes me so happy when I hear from friends and colleagues, “I can’t wait to read your book roundup!” […]
Managing the Holidays While Living with an Eating Disorder or Chronic Illness
For many living with an eating disorder or chronic illness, the holidays are a stressful time. This time of year, life is often painted as a time of joy, celebration, and connection, but Food-focused gatherings, disrupted routines, increased social expectations, and a body that may already feel unpredictable can make life feel like a minefield… […]
Connecting Hunger, Housing, and Healing: Rethinking Eating Disorder Care
How We Can Bring Conversations About Food and Housing Into Eating Disorder Care If you are anything like me, you’ve been feeling distressed about the national and global conversations about food and the number of people who simply don’t have enough of it. It’s National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. How do we talk about […]
Navigating Eating Disorder Recovery While Living with a Chronic Illness
How food, emotions, advocacy, and community support your recovery with chronic illness and eating disorders. I wanted to share some thoughts and tips for anyone navigating eating disorder recovery while living with a chronic illness, or really, anyone who’s ever had to advocate for their own care. When you’re managing both, it can feel like […]
How to Feel More Confident in Session with Eating Disorder Clients
The real challenges behind eating disorder care and how to build your confidence as a clinician. The emotional and clinical realities of working in eating disorder care, and why so many skilled providers still question their effectiveness. There are a lot of (valid) reasons that providers opt out of specializing in eating disorders care. I […]
Easy Prep Meals to Reduce Food Stress and Support ED Recovery
Discover low-effort meal ideas to reduce food stress and support eating disorder recovery. Learn simple, nourishing options that make meal planning easier during busy transitions. September is a massive time of transition. Here in Boston, the weather starts to cool a bit, school schedules are underway, and it’s just a bit darker in the early [...]
Back to College with an Eating Disorder: Avoid These 3 Common Mistakes
Protect your Eating Disorder recovery this semester by planning ahead, managing triggers, and building a support system with a dietitian. Starting college is exciting, but it also brings new pressures that can make eating disorder recovery harder. Whether you’re a first-year student moving away from home or returning after summer break, the back-to-school season often [...]
Bridging the Gap Between Food Addiction and Eating Disorder Treatment
What happens when food addiction frameworks meet eating disorder care and treatment? In this 5th and final installment of this food addiction series, I take a closer look at what we know, what we don’t, with some thoughts on where we go from here. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to start from […]
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Clients: The Role of Pride in Eating Disorder Recovery
Pride is more than a celebration - it's a vital part of eating disorder prevention, treatment, and systemic change. Here's why inclusive, affirming care matters every day of the year. Did you know that eating disorders occur at higher rates among sexual and gender minorities? While I care about this issue all year long, June [...]
Rethinking Food Addiction Research: Critiques, Concerns & Questions
My Concerns with the Food Addiction Model: Insights from Research and Clinical Practice If you haven’t already, I strongly recommend the first three articles in this series: Part 1 - What is Food Addiction and How is it Diagnosed? Part 2 - Linking Dietary Restriction and Food Addiction Part 3 - Evolutions in the Food [...]
Evolutions in the Food Addiction Research Landscape: Then and Now
In part 3 of this series, I am detailing some of the changes and advances in the field of “Food Addiction” over the past 20 or so years. If you haven’t already, I strongly recommend the first two articles in this series: Part one - What is Food Addiction and How is it Diagnosed? Part [...]