NEDA Week

Hello everyone! It's NEDA Week. What does that mean? It's National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. It's an area of public and mental and every other kind of HEALTH that I am so ardent about, that I can't help but spread the word. In the past the theme has been "Everyone Knows Someone." If you sit back and think about it, everyone probably DOES know someone who has suffered from poor body image, poor self-esteem, or an eating disorder. It is the job of eating disorder organizations to conduct research and disseminate the findings to the public. There are SO many research articles that I would like to stock up and read! They provide wonderful insight. These articles, journals, textbooks, and databases are works of collaboration by experts who are just as passionate about eating disorders as I am. It is only a DREAM that I will someday be able to join the cause--that is, more than I can do as a student advocate. Please take the time to be healthy and consider that eating disorders are occurring all around you-- not just in women, but now in men-- not just in older women but teenagers and children. For more information, here is a list of sites and resources!

-National Initiative for Eating Disorders
-National Eating Disorders Awareness
-National Institute of Mental Health
-Academy for Eating Disorders
-The Joy Project
-The Emily Program
-The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
-National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
-Castlewood Treatment Center
-Hungry for Hope
-The Elisa Project
-Project HEAL
-Eating Recovery Center
-ACUTE Center--DenverHealth