Too much of what’s healthy can be harmful
Elaina Efird, registered dietician nutritionist and TikTok body positivity influencer, said that influencers don’t realize how much they are entrenched in the problem. What motivates these influencers, she said, is that they either truly believe what they are advertising is healthy or they are so distressed by the alternative of being in a larger body that they overlook the harm in what they promote.
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“How often are you able to eat an entire loaf of bread in two days?” says Elaina Efird, a registered dietitian. “Sometimes convenience is a good thing. Without it, I think a lot of people would be in for a rude awakening.”
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The clinic at Chace Mill in Burlington is staffed by specialists, including certified eating disorder dietician Elaina Efird.
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At the Kahm Clinic in Burlington, Registered Dietician Elaina Efird has been treating eating disorders for years.
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Kahm Clinic Registered Dietician Elaina Efird always has food behind her desk. Not real food, rubber food. She uses it when eating disorder patients come in to help them show her what they’re eating.
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“I’m super excited that we now have that option and people will get that care hopefully sooner, as opposed to having to delay it because they have to leave the state," said Elaina Efird, one of the dieticians at the center.
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In an effort to educate myself about how pervasive diet culture is and how dangerous Kim's actions were, not just to her body, but to the millions of people who look up to her, I spoke with Elaina Efird, RD, CEDRD, CSSD.