认识保拉·夸特罗莫尼：倡导提高对饮食失调的认识

Get to Know … By Elizabeth S. Goar Paula Quatromoni Advocating for Greater Awareness of Eating Disorders Eating disorders will impact 31 million Americans—9% of the US population—in their lifetime, and one life is lost every 52 minutes as a direct consequence of an eating disorder.1 Despite these sobering statistics and their growing impact on diverse and vulnerable populations spanning girls, boys, men, women, athletes, and LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities, eating disorders remain “hugely undiagnosed,” says Paula Quatromoni, DSc, RD, associate professor of programs in nutrition at Boston University. “Not everybody with the condition [or] at risk of disordered eating behaviors comes to clinical attention. Only one in 10 with a diagnosis gets treatment. …