Weight management and eating disorders
Dr Sabrina Pozzi Langhi is a GP with clinical experience in weight management and eating disorders, based in Perth, Western Australia. She provides comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and management.
Eating Disorder and Weight Management GP Support in Perth
Eating patterns, weight-related concerns and body image distress can be closely connected with mood, anxiety, trauma history, sleep, medications, physical health and life circumstances. Some people seek support with clear eating disorder symptoms, while others are unsure whether their eating or weight concerns meet criteria for a formal diagnosis.
Dr Sabrina Pozzi Langhi provides eating disorder and weight management GP support in Perth, with longer consultations designed to understand the full clinical picture and develop a practical, coordinated care plan.
Sabrina consults at Elaris House in West Leederville, Perth.
Who this is for
This page is for people seeking support for weight-related concerns or disordered eating patterns, particularly when mood, anxiety, sleep, trauma history, medical conditions or medications may be contributing.
This may include people who are unsure whether their eating disorder symptoms meet criteria for a formal diagnosis, or who need a structured eating disorder care plan and coordination with other clinicians.
What eating and weight-related difficulties can look like
Eating and weight-related difficulties vary from person to person. They may include:
Food, weight or body image distress: preoccupation with weight, shape, food rules, body image, guilt or shame.
Restrictive eating: loss of appetite, avoiding food groups, skipping meals, rigid rules or difficulty eating enough.
Binge eating or loss of control: eating in response to stress, feeling unable to stop, or feeling distressed after eating.
Purging or compensatory behaviours: vomiting, laxative misuse, compulsive exercise or other attempts to compensate.
Weight changes and medical concerns: weight changes with low mood, anxiety, sleep disruption, medication effects or physical health conditions.
Physical and cognitive symptoms: fatigue, irritability, poor concentration or physical symptoms related to nutrition.
Barriers to seeking help: health anxiety, shame or fear of being judged.
How Sabrina’s approach helps
Sabrina’s approach is thorough, calm and non-judgemental. Longer appointments allow time to understand eating patterns, weight history, body image concerns, exercise, triggers, mental health contributors, physical health factors, medications and current supports.
The aim is to assess risk, clarify what support is needed and develop a structured care plan. This may include screening for eating disorder risk and medical red flags, an Eating Disorder Plan when appropriate, medication review within scope, planning investigations, and coordination with dietitians, psychologists or specialist eating disorder services where needed.
For health professionals
Sabrina may be helpful to involve when there is disordered eating with significant distress, functional impairment, medical risk concern, diagnostic uncertainty or comorbidity.
Referral may also be appropriate where mental health factors, medication issues, trauma, ADHD, ASD, ARFID, anxiety, depression or sleep disruption are complicating management.
Examples of referral considerations include:
Disordered eating with significant distress or functional impairment
Medical risk concerns, rapid weight change or diagnostic uncertainty
Need for eating disorder risk screening or medical monitoring
Comorbidity involving anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, ASD or ARFID
Medication review needs within scope
Need for coordination with dietitian, psychologist or specialist eating disorder services
Urgent support
This page provides information about planned, non-emergency eating disorder and weight management care. For crisis, emergency, safety concerns, specialist-only pathways, or medico-legal/report boundaries, please refer to the Model of Care page.
If there is immediate risk of harm to yourself, your baby, your child, or another person, call 000 or attend the nearest emergency department.
Appointments
If you are seeking support for eating, weight or body image concerns and would like a comprehensive GP assessment, you can contact the practice to ask about appointment availability.