Anorexia Treatment
and Recovery
Anorexia Nervosa Nutrition Therapy - Outpatient Treatment with NYC Nutritionists
Work toward healthy weight restoration. Learn coping skills. Implement refeeding protocols and behavioral goal-setting. Understand body image distortion and work to reprogram your relationship with food and body. Identify food triggers. Receive ongoing support – long-term nutrition care tailored to your unique needs.
What is anorexia nervosa?
Anorexia nervosa is a mental health and physical disorder, catalogued in the DSM-5 (DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS). It is characterized by a person severely limiting food intake because of an intense fear of gaining weight.
Folx with anorexia nervosa experience a distorted body image, a struggle to maintain a healthy weight, food fear, and body anxiety.
Anorexia nervosa is a serious, life-threatening condition and can result in medical and psychological complications.
Who is at risk for anorexia?
Anorexia does not discriminate. It affects folx of all ages, genders, occupations, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, body shape, and size. According to Columbia Psychiatry, risk factors for developing anorexia include:
Gender: Young women are statistically more likely to develop the disease.
Dieting: Those with a history of dieting can develop disordered eating behaviors that lead to anorexia.
Mental Health: Families with mental health problems and individuals with anxiety disorders are more at risk.
Environment: Those in countries, jobs, sports, and cultures where thinness is valued may be predisposed to developing anorexia.
Genetics: There may be a genetic factor that contributes to anorexia.
Dietitian Services Covered by Insurance
- One-on-one sessions with an RDN for nutrition assessment
- Meal planning and coping skills
- Refeeding protocols
- Behavioral goal-setting.
- Nutrition education - understand body image distortion and work to reprogram your relationship with food and body.
- Identify food triggers
- Family-Based Treatment Support: A parent-led model for adolescents with anorexia
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What are the warning signs of anorexia?
Those who struggle with anorexia show physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms. If you or someone you know is experiencing any of the following warning signs, please reach out for support:
Physical Symptoms:
- Extreme weight loss or not making expected weight gains based on age.
- Being very tired and weak, dizzy or fainting
- Missing your period
- Having a hard time passing stool and having stomach pain.
- Constantly feeling cold
- Swelling of the arms or legs.
- Dry skin
- Hair loss
- Developing downy hair all over the body
- Having a hard time concentrating or focusing.
- Low mood.
- Increased anxiety.
- Stress fractures or reduced bone mass.
Emotional and Behavioral Symptoms:
- Missing meals, eating very little, or avoiding eating foods that are “fattening”
- Lying about what and when you’ve eaten
- Avoiding social situations where food is involved
- Wearing baggy clothes to hide your body shape
- Lying about how much you weigh
- Taking medicines (appetite suppressants, laxatives, diuretics)
- Exercising excessively
- Making yourself sick to try to avoid putting on weight
- An overwhelming fear of gaining weight
- Strict rituals around eating and thinking about food (food noise) – like cutting food into tiny pieces, chewing an excessive number of times, eating slowly
- Weighing yourself constantly and considering weight loss is always positive
- Believing you’re fat when you’re a healthy weight or underweight
- Not admitting your weight loss is serious
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You deserve a life free from food noise and body distress. Reach out today to join our outpatient care network and start your journey toward food freedom.
We Accept Insurance
Over 90% of our patients pay nothing out of pocket. We’re in-network with most major insurance plans. We will check your coverage for you.
Our Team of Certified Nutritionists, Registered Dietitians, and Healthcare Specialists in NYC
NYC Nutritionist counts on over 25 Certified Nutritionists, Registered Dietitians, nurse practitioners, and therapists with diverse experience and backgrounds. We are proud to provide our patients with multi-lingual nutrition services (English & Spanish). You’ll be paired with one of the expert nutrition therapists on our team that best fits your needs, to help you reach your goals. Here are just a few of our team members. (Learn more about us here.)
RDN: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist – MS: Masters of Science – MHS: Masters of Health Sciences – CDN: Certified Dietitian Nutritionist – CNSC: Certified Nutrition Support Clinician – LDN: Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist – MSN: Master of Science in Nursing – APRN: Advance Practice Registered Nurse – FNP-BC: Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified – DNP: Doctor of Nursing Practice – LCSW: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Lisa Moskovitz, CEO
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Sam Moll
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Do You Have to Be Underweight to Need Help?
Absolutely not. Eating disorders do not have a single look or size. People struggling at any body weight deserve support — and the damage disordered eating causes can happen well before weight loss becomes visible. If your thoughts about food, your body, or eating are taking up more space than you’d like, that’s enough reason to reach out. You don’t need to hit a number on a scale to qualify for care.
What is Atypical Anorexia?
Atypical anorexia looks and feels exactly like anorexia — the same restrictive behaviors, the same intense fear of weight gain, the same physical and emotional toll — except the person doesn’t meet the “low weight” criteria. This doesn’t make it less serious. The medical risks (bone density loss, electrolyte imbalances, heart strain) can be just as severe. Recovery follows the same path: stabilize, refeed, heal. You are not “not sick enough” to deserve help.
How Do Dietitian Nutritionists Help Someone Eat When Eating Feels Terrifying? ~ Expert ED Dietitian Support in New York
Phase 1 — Stabilization & Medical Safety
Recovery depends on establishing physical and emotional stability. This phase focuses on reintroducing adequate nutrition at a safe, monitored pace, addressing any electrolyte imbalances, organ strain, or vital sign irregularities. The goal is not weight restoration or dietary perfection — it is simply keeping you medically stable so the deeper work can follow. Frequent check-ins, lab monitoring, and a collaborative relationship with your medical team ensure this phase is both gentle and secure.
Phase 2 — Nutritional Rehabilitation & Refeeding
Once stability is achieved, the focus shifts to rebuilding a sustainable relationship with food. This phase normalizes meal patterns, expands food variety, and gently challenges the rigid rules disordered eating has created. It’s not about a prescriptive meal plan — it’s about re-learning hunger cues, tolerating a wider range of foods, and reducing the fear and guilt attached to eating. Progress is gradual, non-judgmental, and rooted in consistency rather than perfection.
Phase 3 — Normalization & Relapse Prevention
The final phase is about reclaiming a full life beyond the eating disorder. Here we work on flexible, intuitive eating patterns, maintaining recovery in social and stressful situations, and building coping tools for the inevitable hard days. Relapse prevention isn’t about being “cured” — it’s about having a clear plan for wobbles before they become slides. The goal is to reach a point where food and body concerns take up a normal, small amount of mental space rather than running the show.
How it works
Make an appointment.
You will be paired with one of our expert Dietitian-Nutritionists that’s the perfect fit for your needs. Contact us either online or by phone
Meet with your personal nutrition expert.
One-on-one counseling. In person or virtual appointments. Flexible scheduling (evenings, early hours).
Take control of your life.
Implement your individualized nutrition plan. Get the tools you need to live a healthier, more vital life.
INDIVIDUALIZED NUTRITION PACKAGES
Private Nutrition Consultation
$175
Private Nutrition Consultation:
We offer competitive-priced nutrition appointments with expert dietitian nutritionists.
Follow-up appointments (30-minute): $85.00
Great for: Anyone who needs a kickstart to better nutrition, improving eating behaviors, managing meal planning, and implementing sustainable nutrition practices to improve wellness.
Keep it Up Nutrition Bundle
$395
Keep it up:
This extension to the Nutrition Bundles includes follow-up appointments to keep you on track to reaching your nutrition and health goals. Establish habits that will last a lifetime. Continue working with your personal dietitian. We look forward to working with you more.
4 (30-minute) follow-up appointments: $395.00
4 (45-minute) follow-up appointments: $695.00
Nutrition Rehab Bundle
$895
Restore your relationship with food and your body:
1 Initial Assessment (1 hour)
4 (30-minute) follow-up sessions
20% off any tests
Access to your personal dietitian’s email to ask questions and clarify doubts.
Regular food record feedback
Weekly newsletter with specific tips and resources
A copy of The Core 3 Healthy Eating Plan
Great for: Anyone wanting to establish a healthy relationship with food and their body.
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
All appointments must be completed within two years of purchase.
All Sales Are Final. NYC Nutritionist – NYC Nutrition Group does not offer any refunds, transfers or exchanges of any kind on any items offered for sale.
Purchase of the Appointment Bundles are denoted as a final sale and are not eligible for any refund, transfers, or exchange.
*Packages are individualized and adjusted to the unique needs of each patient.
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Read MoreFAQs About Anorexia Nervosa Treatment with Expert New York Dietitians:
What If I've Tried Other Treatment and It Didn't Work?
Not all treatments work for all people. And because you haven’t been successful, that doesn’t mean every treatment plan will be the same. Anorexia nervosa is a life-threatening condition, and we want to help you. Treating an eating disorder is complex, and each patient is unique. A successful treatment plan:
- Needs to be evidence-based.
- Must prepare you for real-world triggers, giving you the coping skills to manage everything from restaurants and family meals to a stressful day.
- Must have a team that is resourceful in helping you navigate setbacks. There is not direct route to healing, and setbacks are going to happen.
- Includes your support network – spouses, parents, friends, and close loved ones. It takes a community to work through this.
- Prioritizes weight gain. Your body needs to heal.
Will You Coordinate with My Therapist and Doctor?
Absolutely. The most successful outpatient treatment for anorexia involves coordinated care Together, we work to build a plan to help you begin to heal.
Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for Adolescents
How Long Does Recovery Take?
There is no magic timeline for recovery. For some patients, it might take months. Others can take years. Setbacks and relapses tend to be the rule, not the exception. With the right team and support, however, you can overcome anorexia and live a healthy life.
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/recovery-from-an-eating-disorder/ NEDA discusses the three broad areas of recovery: physical, behavioral, and psychological. They build on one another and can take considerable time. Don’t be discouraged. The day you start (today) is a day closer to experiencing food and body image distress freedom.
Do You Accept Insurance?
Absolutely! 95% of our patients pay little to nothing out-of-pocket. We also offer competitive private-pay rates for patients without insurance.
We will check your coverage for you and pursue it when appropriate.
What's the First Step?
You’ve already taken the first step by reading this page. Now, all you have to do is contact us to schedule a free 15- minute consultation. You are not alone.
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Many claim to be a nutritionist. But only a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) meets rigorous academic requirements with clinical training, holding a degree from an accredited university. Our RDNs stay informed of guidelines set by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to provide our patients with expert nutrition counseling.
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