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Greater Cincinnati Eating Disorder Professionals 2026 Symposium - Beyond the Surface: Multifaceted Approaches to Eating Disorder Recovery

Food For Thought: Why Body Size Cannot Rule Out Malnutrition

Lyndsie Romes, MFN, RD, LD
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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Define malnutrition using AND/ASPEN criteria and explain at least two reasons why BMI is insufficient for nutritional screening across body sizes.

  • Identify at least three neurological, cardiovascular, and endocrine consequences of malnutrition and apply this knowledge to assessment and treatment planning.

  • Evaluate at least two common biomarkers and implement a weight-inclusive nutritional assessment framework.

Educational Goal

The educational goal is to increase clinicians’ ability to recognize and assess malnutrition across all body sizes by replacing weight-based assumptions with evidence-informed, weight-inclusive nutritional assessment practices.

Description

Malnutrition is one of the most underdiagnosed conditions in healthcare today—not because it is rare, but because clinicians have historically been trained to identify it through body size and BMI rather than comprehensive nutritional assessment. As defined by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and ASPEN, malnutrition is a condition in which nutrient deficiency, excess, or imbalance causes measurable adverse effects on body composition, function, and clinical outcomes. This presentation explores how malnutrition impacts the brain and body across all body sizes, including neurological, cardiovascular, endocrine, and cognitive effects. Attendees will examine the medical similarities between Atypical Anorexia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa and review how weight-inclusive assessment practices improve recognition, treatment planning, and patient outcomes.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Dietitian
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Lyndsie Romes, MFN, RD, LD
Lyndsie Romes, MFN, RD, LD is a registered dietitian with nearly 10 years of experience working in the eating disorder field. She is the founder of Fulfilled Nutrition Counseling, a weight-inclusive dietitian private practice based in Dublin, Ohio. Lyndsie has worked across all levels of eating disorder care and with clients of all ages—including her early career at Nationwide Children's Hospital's Eating Disorder Clinic and The Emily Program, where she also gained hands-on experience helping to open and run a residential program. In September 2024, she channeled that breadth of experience into founding Fulfilled Nutrition Counseling, which has since grown to a team of three specialized dietitians providing eating disorder care and other specialties to clients across Ohio. Lyndsie's approach is rooted in anti-diet, size-inclusive, and Health at Every Size principles, and she is passionate about helping individuals—and the providers who serve them—understand that full recovery from an eating disorder is not only possible, it is the goal.

Financially Sponsored By

  • The Emily Program