Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is an empirically supported treatment approach for youth with anorexia nervosa. The treatment involves the family in the youth’s eating disorder recovery. With familial support, goals of the treatment include improving the young person’s eating habits and restoring their weight and overall health. An additional focus of sessions may be to work individually with youth to help strengthen their self-esteem and body image, as well as to learn how to manage difficult thoughts and emotions related to shape, weight and size.