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Volume 9
Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
ISSN: 2165-7904
JOINT EVENT
Childhood Obesity 2019
Diabetes Conference 2019
March 18-19, 2019
&
3
rd
World Congress on
Diabetes and Obesity
12
th
International Conferences on
Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
March 18-19, 2019 | Rome, Italy
Creating intensive outpatient (IOP/PHP) programming for binge eating disorder for adolescents:
Improving obesity and eating disorder resources in the adolescent population
Christy McElroy
1, 2
1
Linden Oaks Behavioral Health, Naperville, USA
2
Center for Personal Growth, Carol Stream, USA
S
ince the additon of binge eating disorder (BED) to the DSM-V, more awareness and education has been brought
to the topic of obesity, food addictions and healthy lifestyle. Although, BED is a relatively new diagnosis, research
indicates that the prevalence of this type of eating disorder is 2 ½ times higher than anorexia and bulima combined.
Within the last few years, we have been taking positive steps to provide more access to treatment. Although, trying
to find access to care for the child and adolescent population has been farily limited and almost non-existent at
highler levels of care for the treatment of binge eating disorder. The creation of a PHP/IOP adolescent program
needs to incorporate the most effective and evidenced based treatment modalities for binge eating disorder, as well
as family based interventions that include education and modelling. Topics included in the creation of an adoloscent
binge eating disorder PHP/IOP include determination and assessement for level of care, provider training to reduce
stigmatization, education on current terminolgy, and adaptatation of common eating disorder interventions.
Differences in adult and adolescent treatment should be distinguished as well as the recovery outcomes that should
be expected with treatment.
J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2019, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-091