Cibo e Benessere: il viaggio verso l'equilibrio | LEONARDO MENDOLICCHIO | TEDxRovigo

One of the biggest fake news stories in the history of medicine is that low-calorie diets make you lose weight. Food is much more than a relationship with the number on the scale. Today, we are slaves to image; food becomes an alibi for deeper problems, but it is also an environmental choice with global implications, a moment of connection with others, a time to surround ourselves with people we love and talk to. Today, Leonardo is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, the Medical Director of Villa Miralago (a community for the treatment of eating disorders), a member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis, and the author of several international and national publications in epidemiology, psychoanalysis, and the treatment of eating disorders. After experience in the acute psychiatry departments and research in epidemiological pharmacology at the Mario Negri Sud Institute, he dedicated himself to the treatment of eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, and obesity). Leonardo is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Medical Director of Villa Miralago (a community for the treatment of eating disorders), a member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis, and the author of several international and national publications in epidemiology, psychoanalysis, and the treatment of eating disorders. After experience in acute psychiatry and epidemiological pharmacology research at the Mario Negri Sud Institute, he dedicated himself to the treatment of eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, and obesity). Leonardo specializes in the diagnosis and treatment (both pharmacological and psychoanalytic) of all mental health disorders in adults and adolescents, with a particular focus on eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, and psychogenic obesity). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx