Episode 70: Eating Disorders in Runners: An Honest Conversation with Annyck Besso, RD

Most coaches - including myself - don't have the tools to discuss this serious issue. I have no personal experience or training with eating disorders in runners (though I have friends with disordered eating).

So I brought on someone who does: Annyck Besso.

The goals of this conversation are threefold:

• Give coaches better tools to educate, help, and guide their runners with eating disorders
• Open a dialogue among all runners and foster a healthy, productive conversation
• Provide resources to those who might be suffering from any type of disordered eating

Annyck is a Registered Dietitian with expertise in the treatment of eating disorders in private and academic medical center environments. She has a Bachelors degree in nutrition and dietetics, a Master's degree in dietetics, and specialty training in approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Family Based Treatment (FBT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

She's also quite the speedy runner, recently running 3:07 at the hot and humid Wisconsin Marathon.

Resources & Links from the show:

• The Recovery Record app
• Mind Body Health (Annyck's practice)
• Division of Responsibility Feeding
• National Eating Disorders Association Helpline
• FBT approach for treating eating disorders
• Recommended book: Nourishing Wisdom by Marc David
• Recommended book: Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
• Recommended book (for parents): Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders by Eva Musby
• Strength Running's free nutrition series

Thank you Annyck for coming on the podcast to share your expertise about the topic of eating disorders in runners. There are a lot of resources included that I hope all of our listeners will find helpful!