Gregg J. Montalto, MD, MPH 🤌🏽 Profile picture
Assoc DH @LurieAdolescent @LurieChildrens. Assoc Prof @NUFeinbergMed. Eating disorders, equity, public health. CAPT MC USN (Ret). USNA/USU/GWU. Be good. ☮️
May 31, 2021 10 tweets 7 min read
Ten Essential Truths for Parents about Anorexia Nervosa

1.Restoration of a healthy weight is the priority early on in treatment of AN. Nothing else can be healed before patients are nourished.

@LurieChildrens @LurieAdolescent #EatingDisorders 2. Food is the most important medicine, as important as antibiotics for severe infections, or chemotherapy for cancer. Simply put, energy into the body needs to be greater than energy leaving the body for AN to be treated.
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