Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDS-S
Anna Sweeney (she/her) is a relational nutrition therapist and registered dietitian. She has dedicated her career to counseling and supervision in the field of eating disorders. She is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Supervisor, a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and has had the privilege of working at all levels of eating disorder care.
Anna is passionate about working with her clients, in partnership, to help them heal their relationships to food, movement, their bodies, and ultimately, themselves. In addition to working with individuals navigating eating disorder recovery, Anna is dedicated to providing clinical consultation and support to other eating disorder professionals.
In a world that is hyper aware of nutrition, “health and wellness,” and all things that disconnect from body wisdom, Anna works with her clients to support them in returning to what they know.Anna specializes in and works exclusively in the eating disorders and disordered eating field. She uses a weight inclusive, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive approach to inform the care she provides and is grateful to work with clients who are her greatest teachers. Anna’s work is informed by the principles of Health at Every Size, and loosely, Intuitive Eating.
Working in the field since 2008, Anna developed a passion for working with eating disorders during her collegiate experience at Simmons College and was able to build her dietetic internship around this interest. While completing her Master’s degree, Anna opened Whole Life Nutrition and began her work at Walden Behavioral Care, where she would serve as a dietitian for clients at all levels of eating disorder care, and ultimately as the Director of the Nutrition Department. Anna was as the first dietitian for Monte Nido at Laurel Hill, a residential eating disorder treatment facility in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the title of national Director of nutrition services for the organization until 2018.
Anna is an active member of many local, national, and international organizations which include the Multi-Service Eating Disorder Association (MEDA), the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH), and the International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians. (IFEDD)
Anna is a recognized public figure and an always learning professional. Find her on Instagram at @dietitiananna.
Anna is a chronically ill and disabled human, and shares these parts of her identity freely, as they inform much of how she shows up on the planet.
official bio:
Anna Sweeney (she/her) is a chronically ill and disabled relational nutrition therapist and registered dietitian. She has dedicated her career to counseling, supervising, and consulting in the field of eating disorders. She is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and consultant and a certified Intuitive Eating counselor. Anna is the owner of a group nutrition therapy practice dedicated to anti-oppressive, fat-positive eating disorder care. Anna has spoken locally and nationally at numerous conferences and media outlets, is globally recognized as a resource in her field, and regularly communicates on social media as @dietitiananna.
