Latest eating disorder Stories
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Renfrew Center Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to advancing the education, prevention, research and treatment of eating disorders, today announced survey results which revealed that nearly half of all women have negative feelings about their image when not wearing makeup and associate a "bare face" with feeling unattractive and insecure. Additionally, one quarter of the women surveyed began wearing makeup at...
LEMONT, Ill., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's theme for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAwareness Week), held February 26 - March 3, is "Everybody Knows Somebody." NEDAwareness Week is the nation's largest national outreach campaign to raise consciousness about the seriousness of eating disorders. In order to help increase awareness of these devastating disorders locally, Timberline Knolls, a leading residential treatment center for women and girls located in...
2012 BED conference- Philadelphia: "Revolution Ahead: Illuminating the Path to Freedom from BED, Emotional Overeating, & Weight Stigma." 3 days of workshops, networking and education for clinicians, families and individuals. Severna Park, MD (PRWEB) February 17, 2012 The Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) will hold its third annual conference in Philadelphia, PA, March 2-4, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency at Penn’s Landing. Eating disorder experts will present on a...
Film Aims to Examine Media Portrayal of Women ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) is partnering with DC based non-profit, Rock Recovery, to screen the award winning documentary, Miss Representation. The fundraising event will be held March 1, 2012, and includes a networking reception at 6:00 p.m., followed by the screening at 7:30 p.m. at the NRECA Conference Center in Arlington, Va. Written and directed by...
PEKIN, Ill., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Presented for the first time, "Athletes and Eating Disorders: Risk Factors, Identification, Treatment and Prevention" by Ron A. Thompson, PhD., FAED, and Roberta Trattner Sherman, PhD., FAED, will combine didactic and experiential methods to educate eating disorder professionals on recognizing sport body stereotypes, highlighting the similarities and differences in risk factors, indicators and desired health and body image results across...
BOSTON, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Is America obsessed with dieting? This thought-provoking question is explored and exposed in the compelling new documentary, "America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments" by director Darryl Roberts. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110727/CG42761LOGO) Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, Active Minds @ MIT and ELA are hosting a free special screening of Roberts' new film. The event will be held from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. on...
PEKIN, Ill., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the most crucial issues today among those who suffer critically from eating disorders and other mental health conditions is insurance coverage for residential treatment. California lawyer Lisa Kantor, who in August 2011 won the landmark eating disorder case Harlick v. Blue Shield, will share her experiences and opinions during a Symposium 2012 preconference session called "Mental Health Parity: What Does It Really Mean?" on...
The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders and Binge Eating Disorder Association are opposed to the CHOA ad-campaign, known as "Stop Sugarcoating", utilizing negative attention and shaming to address childhood obesity. Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) February 03, 2012 The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) and the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) appeal to the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) to...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kantor & Kantor LLP announced today that Lisa Kantor was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Washington, D.C.-based Eating Disorder Coalition for Research, Policy and Action, a group advocating for recognition of eating disorders as a public health priority. Ms. Kantor will provide support and legal advice about health insurance issues, particularly for the coalition's campaign to end the insurance carrier practice of denying...
PEKIN, Ill., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Those suffering from eating disorders struggle with the idea of identity and self-image, unable to see clearly who they are emotionally and physically. During the presentation, "Psychodrama: Tools of Change" at the iaedp Symposium 2012, Mary Bellofatto, MA, LMHC, CEDS, TEP, NCC and Nancy Kirsner, PhD, M.Ed, OTR, TEP will lead a workshop on the efficacy of psychodrama therapy and how it can help patients overcome their struggle with one...
