Food Psych #64: Preventing & Treating Eating Disorders in Kids with Kelsey Latimer

Christy talks with psychologist and pediatric eating disorders expert Kelsey Latimer, PhD. about ways to prevent eating disorders in children, how to heal families affected by eating disorders, why it's so important to include body positivity in eating disorder prevention and treatment, and lots more! 

Kelsey M. Latimer, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in the Center for Pediatric Eating Disorders of Children’s Health/Children’s Medical Center Plano and an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She works in all levels of care, including inpatient and partial hospitalization and leads the intensive outpatient program. Her research is focused on eating disorder prevention and intervention, and clinical outcomes of eating disorder programs.

Dr. Latimer has presented at over 40 regional/national/international conferences on topics of eating disorder treatment, body image and supervision/training. She has also been featured as a media expert source on Fox 4, Cosmopolitan.com, The Washington Post, Gurze Books Newsletter, Brit & Co, and Yahoo Style. Find her on Twitter @DrKelseyLatimer, and learn more about her program at childrens.com/eatingdisorders. 

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