WCAX Exclusive: Families welcome Vermont’s first high-level eating disorder clinic
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.