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Eating and weight disorders service

You can access the the Integrated Multidisciplinary Service for Eating and Weight Disorders:

  • by sending an e-mail to alimentazione.sapienza@uniroma1.it to request a medical-nutritional assessment at the Food Science and Human Nutrition Research Unit of the Department of Experimental Medicine (headed by Prof. Lorenzo Maria Donini).

or

  • by emailing thebodyproject@uniroma1.it to request a psychological assessment from the Eating Disorders Section of the Department of Psychology (this service is not covered by the National Health Service and is free of charge).

In both cases, one enters the programme provided by the integrated multidisciplinary service, which offers free medical-diagnostic and psychological investigations and targeted clinical interventions.

The programme includes the following services based on individual needs:

nutritional counselling
how: listening, information and guidance;
where: GONG - Gruppo orientamento nutrizione giovani - a service offered by Sapienza to students and employees to promote the principles of healthy eating

medical-nutritional assessment
how: general clinical assessment and nutrition status: food and weight history, assessment of composition (bio-impedancometry, DXA, anthropometry) and body function (hand-grip strength, sit-to-stand, 6MWT), energy balance investigation (indirect calorimetry, Actigraph);
where: Department of Experimental Medicine and Food Science and Human Nutrition Research Unit

psychological-clinical assessment
how: through clinical interviews, food diaries and psychometric tests;
where: Department of Psychology

clinical nutrition intervention
how: customised diet plan with or without oral nutritional supplements; medical and psychological check-ups; educational therapy course;
where: Department of Experimental Medicine and Food Science and Human Nutrition Research Unit

psychological analysis
how: through clinical interviews, food diaries and psychometric tests;
where: Department of Psychology

group clinical intervention for the reduction of dyscontrol of eating behaviour and emotions
where: in person or on Skype, Zoom or Meet;
cost: free for Sapienza students; fee for external participants, according to the rates on the website https://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/servizi/scpc

one-to-one psychotherapy
where: in person or on Skype, Zoom or Meet;
cost: fee for non-Sapienza partcipants, according to the rates on the website https://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/servizi/scpc

targeted intervention for student-athletes with eating disorders
where: in person or on Skype, Zoom or Meet;
cost: free for Sapienza student-athletes

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