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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