The Clock Is Ticking - Kids Don’t Get That Time Back

 

Dr. Anna B. Tanner, MD, CEDS-S

 

• With kids, some medical complications are not reversible. 

• Systems affected are bone density, height, brain growth 

• Intrusive thoughts vs Healthy thoughts 

• Never play the woulda, coulda, shoulda game – if it led to an eating disorder, something would have anyway.  

American Academy of Pediatrics Publication on prevention of obesity and eating disorders 

• The family meal is protective 

• Not focusing on shape or weight 

• Not making negative comments 

• Being active for the sake of health 

• Eating for the sake of nourishing the body

All of us need to stay humble, no matter how much science, no matter how long we’ve done this.   

Bio: 

Dr. Anna B. Tanner is Vice President of Child and Adolescent Medicine for Accanto Health. She is a board-certified Pediatrician who has specialized in the care of complicated adolescent patients, in particular patients with eating disorders, for over 20 years. Dr. Tanner completed medical school and residency at Vanderbilt University and then remained there to serve on the Pediatrics faculty in the Division of Young Adult and Adolescent Medicine.

Dr. Tanner has been very involved in advocacy and education efforts and serves on national and international committees for eating disorders education. She speaks frequently across the United States on the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders, especially as they affect children and young adolescents.

Dr. Tanner currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics for Emory University School of Medicine and as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science for Morehouse School of Medicine.

She is co-chair of the Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) Medical Care Standards Committee and a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) Certification Committee Task Force. Dr. Tanner is a Fellow in the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM), a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, and a Certified Eating Disorders Supervisor. 

She has been named by Atlanta magazine as a “Top Doctor” every year from 2013 to 2021 and named by Castle Connelly as an Exceptional Woman in Medicine and one of America’s Most Honored Doctors.  

With your host Beth Harrell 

IG  @beth.harrell.cedss  

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