Dr. Emily Fox-Kales This is Me

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1. 1. Feeding Ourselves Staff

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   Published on: 6/10/2008   Last Visited: 6/10/2008

   Emily Fox-Kales, Director
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   Dr. Fox-Kales has also appeared in national media, including The New York Times, Psychology Today, Prevention, Glamour, and Shape magazines, as well as on numerous television and radio shows.
   
   Dr. Fox-Kales has served as consultant to the Children's Hospital Medical Center, Faulkner Hospital, and the Weight Management Clinic at North Shore Hospital.She is on the Attending Psychology Staff at McLean Hospital, and is Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Fox-Kales is also on the faculty of Northeastern University, where she teaches courses in human feeding behavior and directs a campus education and intervention program for eating disorders.

2. 2. Feeding Ourselves Staff

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   Published on: 6/10/2008   Last Visited: 6/10/2008

   Emily Fox Kales, Ph.D. founded the Feeding Ourselves program in 1975.As a clinical psychologist, she has treated individuals with eating disorders, body disturbances, and weight problems for over thirty years.Her research on dieting and binge eating has been published in many professional journals, including Obesity & Metabolism, Appetite, Physiology & Behavior, as well as in papers delivered at the International Conferences of Eating Disorders both in the U.S. and England.

3. 3. Feeding Ourselves Staff

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   Published on: 4/18/2006   Last Visited: 6/10/2008

   Emily Fox Kales, Ph.D., director of the outpatient Eating Disorders Program at McLean Hospital, in Belmont, Massachusetts, has done extensive research on BED.She says, "Individuals with BED typically cycle between futile dieting efforts and binge eating.Unlike bulimics, however, they do not purge their excess calorie intake through vomiting or other behaviors.Instead, they gain weight and generally grow obese."The onset of BED usually occurs in adulthood and is often linked to major life transitions, chronic depression or traumas.
   
   Treatment for BED includes counseling and cognitive-behavioral therapy; antidepressant medication may also be prescribed."Traditional dieting is counterproductive for someone with BED," says Kales, "because it does not address the underlying psychological problems."
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   "Vegetarianism is often a politically correct opportunity" for girls to act on "their fear of fat," says Emily Fox Kales, of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an eating disorders specialist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. "Most of them aren't interested in eating healthy or saving the planet," she comments.
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   One of the theories about the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, Kales says, is that it's "linked to obsessive/compulsive traits."Vegetarianism, she points out, can become a vehicle for obsessive compulsion "Did any meat touch this food?Does this broth have chicken?"she asks figuratively.Someone can become more and more phobic about calories and fat, she points out, under the guise of concern about not eating any animal foods.
   
   "If you asked me if I saw as much of this 10 years ago," Kales notes, "I would say no." It's a trend on the increase, she says.