Feb 21 2009
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Tomorrow kicks off the start of National Eating Disorder Awareness week.
This is a great outreach event for those who have either suffered, or have had to see a friend suffer from an eating disorder or unhealthy body image.
To participate, you don’t have to “do” anything. Just hope that someday, we can get rid of eating disorders for good!
What started with professionals in the field — who are now known as Founders of NEDA — in 1987 has become a passionate movement known as NEDAwareness Week . The largest eating disorders outreach effort in the country is held the last week in every February and has helped reach millions of people with messages of prevention, hope and recovery.
Mission:
Our aim of NEDAwareness 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.
*Official Website
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/programs-events/nedawareness-week.php
