Medical tools are pictured in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Friday, July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
"We hope that this statement helps community practitioners build their confidence in eating disorders," she said. "It's really about the cognitions, the thoughts, the obsessions around food, the fears around weight."said Agostino, also author of a 2021 study that found newly diagnosed anorexia cases in Canada rose during the first wave of the pandemic to 40 a month, from 24 a month.
If it's not immediately available, primary-care providers are encouraged to apply the principles of family-based treatment themselves, the guidelines say.
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