Measuring Health From the Inside
By Annika Kahm, MS & Carolyn Hodges Chaffee, MS, RDN, CEDRD
Measuring Health From the Inside represents a significant advancement in the treatment of eating disorders. This essential book outlines how two simple yet powerful diagnostic tools—metabolic testing and body composition analysis—can help patients gain a clearer understanding of their condition and make meaningful progress toward recovery.
Thousands of patients have been successfully supported through the use of this technology at Carolyn’s clinic and Annika’s private practice. In Measuring Health From the Inside, the authors detail how data from these tests can guide treatment for both the eating disorder itself and the malnutrition that so often accompanies—and exacerbates—the illness. Drawing from decades of clinical experience, the book provides practical, compassionate guidance for therapists, patients, and loved ones on the critical role of nutrition in the recovery process.
“This remarkable book represents the distillation of literally decades of experience of two gifted senior clinicians addressing the crucial nutritional aspects of eating disorders…Aside from their (the tests’) intrinsic value in informing and guiding the course of treatment, the authors have also found these tests particularly valuable for engaging patients, as collaborators in the treatment, helping them to understand the rationale for each aspect of treatment strategy, and making it possible for them to see concrete evidence of even early progress as the treatment unfolds. The result is a coherent and carefully designed approach to understanding and constructively addressing the nutritional treatment of eating disorders. Whether approached as a comprehensive text of as a reference work, the reader will be consistently rewarded with useful observations and ingenious solutions to common clinical dilemmas.”
—David Greenfield, M.D. | Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
PROFESSIONAL PRAISE FOR MEASURING HEALTH FROM THE INSIDE
“Incorporating up-to-date research on the intricacies of the full range of eating disorders, Hodges-Chaffee and Kahm’s sophisticated but accessible book provides patients and families with a respectfully collaborative approach to understanding and treating these challenging illnesses.”
—Douglas W. Bunnell, Ph.D., FAED, CEDS | Clinical Psychologist, Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Co-Editor of Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research-Practice Gap
“A groundbreaking approach to moving beyond standard weights and labs, and looking inside the body for a true measure of malnutrition and the impact of the eating disorder on the body. This is an excellent guide to help individuals understand the role of nutrition in recovery and seek out appropriate care.”
—Christy Duffy, Ph.D. | HSPP Director, Under the Umbrella
PATIENT REACTIONS
“These were the first tests that ever indicated something was wrong. My blood work was always normal—even though I was purging ten times a day.”
“If not for the use of metabolic testing and body composition analysis to compel our daughter to persevere, she would not be completely healed—and instead prone to chronic anorexia.”