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Notes on the "freshman 15": -Fear mongering about weight gain is explicitly fat phobic. -On average, students gain only 2-5 pounds during their first year. -The transition to college is a high-risk time for eating disorder development. Encourage nutrition rather than restriction.

Just landed bright and early in Philly for #EDRS2022. Looking forward to being back in my hometown to spend my birthday weekend with colleagues, friends, and family!

In other news, there is another extremely wealthy, white middle aged man whining in the media about “cancel culture” because he created a toxic workplace and doesn’t understand why people won’t just forgive him because he is all about ~atonement~ whatever that means to him 🙄

Wow, what a powerful piece. Bertrand Cooper reflects on going without food as a necessary means to escape poverty, and on his "single-minded determination to obliterate any sense of [his] own hunger." nytimes.com/2022/09/29/opi…

Hey ⁦The New York Times⁩ this would be a fun one for you. Economists purport to discover something that psychologists have known for literal decades. Somehow gets published in one of the biggest scientific journals. Managed to offend an entire field pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Friendly reminder that observing Yom Kippur doesn’t need to involve fasting and in fact shouldn’t for some of us! For years, I pushed thru a medical problem to fast on Yom Kippur. It’s hard. And this year I’m not fasting. I promise it can still be meaningful

It’s Nov. 1, which means that clinical psych internship applicants are headed towards interviews soon! I am the weirdo that loves interviewing, so if you would like a mock interview or want to run questions by someone, feel free to reach out! Academic Chatter™ #APPI

“research into the characteristics of pts with severe and enduring EDs and into candidates for treatment withdrawal tends to overemphasise the role of individual psychopathology and personal difficulties rather than the inadequacy of systems to support patients and carers” - Yes!

If the rate continues, Philly will have been in every major sports (except hockey, sorry Flyers) final and lost…maybe the Philadelphia 76ers can break the streak. Thanks to the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, and Philadelphia Union for great seasons so far