Feb 22 2009
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week kicks off today. It’s a time to educate about what eating disorders are, how they develop and progress, and where to find help to recover.The mission of NEDA week “is to ultimately prevent eating disorders and body image issues while reducing the stigma surrounding eating disorders and improving access to treatment. Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening illnesses - not choices - and it’s important to recognize the pressures, attitudes and behaviors that shape the disorder.”
This year’s theme is:
…until eating disorders are history
It is estimated that 10 million females and 1 million males in the U.S. suffer from anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Millions more have binge eating disorder. Combined with the widespread obesity epidemic, and the number of individuals in who have disordered patterns of eating, and it’s imperative to raise awareness, increase treatment options, and further research on eating disorders.
This week people across the United States are holding events, hosting booths, organizing walks, and much more to support NEDA Week.
What Can YOU Do:
Be creative! As mentioned in a previous post, bloggers, writers, poets, tunesmiths, photographers, graphic artists, textile artists, digital scrapbookers can use their voice and talents to spread the word and support the cause…
…until eating disorders are history
If you publish your Eating Disorder Awareness work on your blog or website, please let me know and I will link to it.
In support of NEDA Week, I will begin an ongoing series about eating disorders this week.
Recovery Rocks!
Roxie
You are invited to sign the Recovery Wall
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