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At 16, are you living or surviving?
By: Edna I’m not gonna write poems about things such as ‘you have to eat if you want to be alive’. Oh Gosh, how many times have I heard this…. It’s not helpful…
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Using ED recovery skills to cope with COVID-19 isolation
Using ED recovery skills to cope with COVID-19 isolation June Alexander How are you coping with your eating disorder (ED) during the COVID-19 pandemic? Even if, like me, you have been in recovery or recovered from the illness for some years, the social…
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Men and boys get eating disorders too – Sam wants you to know
Men and boys get eating disorders too – Sam wants you to know By Sam Thomas “Men Get Eating Disorders Too” was my mantra for 11 years. It’s not simple words, but is a…
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Starving for Eating Disorder answers: Why We Can’t Afford to Wait
Nobody can afford to wait for treatment for an Eating Disorder. On World Eating Disorders Action Day 2019, Amy Cunningham and June Alexander, together with Kathy and Michael Cortese, explain why, and what we can all…
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Eating disorders are serious and we need to keep spreading this message
There is an urgency to understand the social, psychological, and biological influences on eating disorders: how they develop and what keeps them going.Clinician Anthea Fursland explains why. __________________________________________________________________ Eating disorders are serious and we need to…
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Destigmatization of eating disorders can’t wait
Looking ‘healthy’ on the outside, Ziba Redif blamed herself for the way she felt. She took decades to understand that shewas struggling with the eating disorder, bulimia nervosa. Ziba is adamant that nobody with an eating disorder should have to face suicide to…
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Can’t afford to wait: Tips to control and overcome your binge eating
BREAK BINGE EATING DR JAKE LINARDON Binge eating is generally caused by negative mood states. For example Dr Jake Linardon says it is not uncommon for people to binge after getting into an argument with a partner, or when…
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Raising the alarm on eating disorders: carers need care, too
for many carers, the experience of caring has changed their lives irrevocably and highlights the need for adequate and tailored support services for carers. __ Butterfly Report Raising the Alarm: Carers Need Care…
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Canadian eating disorder statistics tell why we can’t afford to wait
Lengthy wait times for eating disorder treatment have to stop. Canadian Ary Maharaj explains why we cannot afford to wait in addressing the urgent need for early identification and intervention. Canadian eating disorder…
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Documentary of four-year eating disorder recovery bid to inspire hope
What about … people suffering who are too afraid to talk about it? We can’t afford to wait. As an eating disorder community we desperately need to bring this illness into the mainstream…
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Providing hope and healing for people with an eating disorder in Japan
Working across two different countries and cultures has taught Japanese-born Masae that eating disorders speak the same language, regardless of a person’s mother tongue or environment. Based in the USA, Masae has an…
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Profissionais da saúde discutem tratamento e cuidados dos transtornos alimentares em São Paul
Profissionais da saúde discutem tratamento e cuidados dos transtornos alimentares em São Paulo Um grupo de aproximadamente 120 profissionais de saúde estão unidos para promover o Dia Mundial de Conscientização dos Transtornos Alimentares…
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Dedicated Brazilian health professionals are taking eating disorder treatment and care to where it is needed – to the people. More funding will enable them to extend the work and stem the waiting list. Read their story
Dedicated Brazilian health professionals are taking eating disorder treatment and care to where it is needed – to the people. More funding will enable them to extend the work and stem the waiting…
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Lived experience stories to boost understanding of eating disorders
Lived experience stories to boost understanding of eating disorders People with eating disorders can’t afford to wait – so what can be done to overcome misconceptions about this illness? The team at Body Brave and Canada’s National…
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Families and clinicians must form a shield against eating disorders
If we as professionals and parents do not start changing and protecting our youngsters, who will do it? Dr. Eva Trujillo explains why we (the world) cannot afford to wait in addressing eating…
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Las familias y los clínicos debemos formar un escudo contra los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria
Por Dra. Eva Trujillo Cuando mi buena amiga June Alexander me pidió escribiera para el Día Mundial de Acción por los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria (TCA), sobre porqué los TCA no pueden esperar a…
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One Family: Learning from the Substance Use Disorder Community
I would not be alive today if I hadn’t found peer support for both my eating disorder as well as PTSD. ~Jenni Schaefer By Jenni Schaefer Light from a bonfire broke through the…
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Therapist in eating disorder recovery: Stop stereotypes, start healing
Many people with an eating disorder suffer alone, sometimes until it’s too late to survive, let alone thrive. Therapist Jacki LaRusso explains why we can’t afford to wait in recognizing symptom diversity. Therapist…
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The deadly cost of diversity in addressing Eating Disorder treatment
I was labeled the Anorexic in room #5. I have a name and it’s NOT Anorexia. I have passions, dreams, and a purpose and I am NOT defined by a diagnosis. Read Carey Cronin’s story…
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AED president calls for more training for frontline medical providers
AED president calls for more training for frontline medical providers We can dedicate our careers to developing all manner of effective treatments, but if at the end of the day they are not…
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The Israeli mom who cannot wait patiently for eating disorder change by Judy Krasna
Watching a daughter suffer daily with an eating disorder spurred Israel mom, Judy Krasna, to channel her anxiety into global advocacy, helping others however she can. The Israeli mom who cannot wait patiently…
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Parents can’t afford to wait: the price is incalculable
We can’t afford delay, apathy, pats on the head, and empty promises. We can’t afford infighting and turfs. The price of losing one more person, destroying one more family, wasting one more opportunity…
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Making experience matter – read Michael Levine’s inspiring story behind the ‘Tinyletter’ group, connecting people in 43 countries passionate about eating disorder recovery.
The power of committed citizens in addressing eating disorder problems by Michael P. Levine, Ph.D., FAED “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing…
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The decline over time: why eating disorders can’t afford to wait
Your story counts: Rachel Egan (UK) shares her personal experience in addressing the World Eating Disorders Action Day theme “Eating Disorders: We Can’t Afford to Wait”. – We know that speedy access to eating disorder treatment offers the best…
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It’s time to be visible, be loud, be a nuisance about eating disorders
To mark the fourth annual World Eating Disorders Action Dayon June 2, this story is the first in a series on the 2019 theme, “Eating Disorders: We Can’t Afford to Wait”. It’s time to be visible, be loud, be…