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the latest news eating disorders
are on the rise during the
pandemic, as well as
hospitalizations because of
them. We talked to a person who
works to get people struggling
with those disorders back on
track. Take a look. And joining
us tonight here on the fact
drone sensor to talk about this
issue as Susan Walker and she's
a clinical director, Walker
Body Esteem, Piece of Cake and
Pizza. Mind, Susan. Welcome to
the Factor on sensor. Thank you
so much as lovely to meet you.
Good to meet you, too. I know
during the pandemic, many people
found themselves held hostage in
their homes locked up and either
they were overeating or
undereating. At one point, there
going to the stores buying bikes
trying to get healthy trying to
do a little exercise. But. You
guys saw a significant increase
in the amount of eating
disorders. Yes, we did. Yeah,
it's really amazing and somewhat
disheartening as well that so
many people have been diagnosed
with an in disorder. For example
, Isaiah 60 Cent Percent was an
increase in hospital admissions
. And when you call around to be
that have the facilities and the
ability to monitor their medical
condition, most Of them were
full with a waiting list. And
although I'm the clinical
director. My husband. I own
Walker Wellness Clinic. We have
had an insurgent of patients to
our senses is higher than it's
ever been. And I've been doing
this for decades. So I do think
the coronavirus pandemic really
did a number of people,
especially Children, adolescents
and young adults. When we talk
about it and eating disorder,
Susan what type of eating
disorder we're talking about
overeating or or under eating
different types. I say A one is
anorexia nervosa, which by the
way, is definitely on the rise
during the pandemic. Um it's
probably the most challenging to
usually the good girls. They
followed the rules, the very
compliant they have a higher IQ
than the normal population, But
sometimes there were rejected
don't engage in adolescent
behaviors. Like acting out like
getting drunk every weekend or
policy, substance abuse or
premarital sex. So anorexic
Universa is one That is very
common. Believe me, under Bosa
is where the patient uses
various compensatory behaviors.
Maybe they'll binge and then to
get rid of the ingested calories
. They'll either purge which is
self induced vomiting or they'll
over exercise. That's another
compensatory behavior. Use
diuretics, laxatives. Um,
sometimes they will. Take
medication. That's for a TD 80 h
g, like Adderall, which helps
with weight loss, so bullying
university is pretty common to,
um the last one is binge eating
disorder, and it's really on the
rise during the pandemic. I'm
seeing more of that. Than
anything right now. And I think
what you just said. You know, we
all have these great goals were
at home where quarantine. We're
going to work out. We're going
to get fit, and I think a lot of
loneliness and social isolation
. I think they started eating
more and the White gang came on,
and then it led to eventually an
prelude for any formal eating
disorder, I say is usually
profound losses and it can be if
you think about the adolescents
and young adults, many of them
didn't get to graduate, high
school or college. They didn't
get to go to homecoming. Those
are cherished memories that we
build and reflect on during
adulthood, and it breaks my
much so the losses can also
linked to an eating disorder. Um
it can be the loss of a loved
one treated a lot of ballerinas
an injury and they couldn't
perform or treated equestrians
when their horse died. And that
was devastating. So the key is
to find what you lost control
over. And during the coronavirus
. Many of us were powerless over
the conditions that we were
under. How important is it that
you recognize? You have a
problem really fast and get it
treated as soon as possible. The
first step is to get medical
clearance. We require that
that means getting a
comprehensive cardiac assessment
if you're malnourished or in
self starvation mode you can
develop where it's known is
micro valve regard to take ation
, which simply means that your
heart valves start to leak
fluid. Because you're not
getting adequate nutrition and
you can go into cardiac arrest,
resistant to coming into
treatment, that would be the
first step. They also need a
comprehensive physical with
blood work because sometimes the
casting levels are off if
are off, and if there Kind of a
man a real, which means they
haven't had their menstrual
cycle for a minimum of three
see an OD Jim because they can
become an inverted Almeda might
be interesting for you to know
that with eating disorders, they
had the highest mortality rate
of any mental health diagnosis
and not Yeah, I'm not even 7% of
them or co morbid with something
else and the three most common
ones that I see or depression.
Anxiety and obsessive compulsive
disorder. So it's kind of like a
chicken egg story. What came
first eating disorder are the