I’m one of those GPs who enjoys working with people who have eating disorders.

I’ve found that the mixture of physical medicine and psychological distress is challenging enough to push me to work to my full scope of practice.

It’s also motivated me to learn more, understand more and seek out more training.

In doing this work, I’ve come across many anecdotal stories of harm — of people who’ve experienced stigma, shame, blame and harassment because of the size of their bodies.