I guess this doctor must be funded by the food industry
hehe kidding.
She is working on the notion of DIET-ing being "calorie and food restriction". Agreed that this behavior does develop eating disorders.
Dieting for those who know what they are doing is a
lifestyle. Like how people choose not to eat the way modern society conditions their mind to. Studies say that type 2 diabetes is going to be an epidemic in the near future if people keep on eating like what they do today.
If your diet suggest you skip meals, or eat less than 1000 calories a day. Then that is doomed to fail.
A good diet is knowing
what to eat, and
NOTfocusing too much on
how much you eat. Try eating oatmeals and/or bread in the morning, at around 10 or 11am you will probably feel hungry and might consider a brunch. Lets say you eat eggs and bacon with butter (not margarine please) and say at the same calories of what you supposedly eat oatmeals and bread. I guarantee you wouldn't be as much hungrier and would last until lunch.
The reason being is carbs promote hormone "ghrelin" production which acts as a timer to remind you that you have to eat even though you don't need to.
There are several schools of thought regarding food and nutrition. But saying Dieting in general is bad? I guess the doctor needs to define what Dieting is first.