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The Strength Running Podcast

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

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

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:

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!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ready, set go.

0:05.0

This is episode 70 with registered dietitian specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and emotional

0:10.6

eating and 307 marathoneroner, Anique Besso. Welcome to the Strength Running Podcast. This is your host

0:26.4

Jason Fitzgerald and I can't believe we are now at episode 70 of the

0:32.2

podcast. Wow what a ride it has been since this whole

0:36.3

project started back in 2016 and I have you to thank for that. Thank you for

0:41.7

listening. Thank you for supporting our sponsors,

0:44.4

thank you for sharing the pod with your friends, and of course thank you for all the

0:48.4

reviews and ratings, they truly matter and really do make my day. I never thought that two years ago that this

0:55.7

podcast would allow me to connect with so many different runners and other coaches and authors

1:02.4

and scientists and researchers who all help us make better

1:06.4

decisions with our training. It's really rewarding for me and I hope that our next

1:11.2

70 shows are just as helpful for you.

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