By Marita Cooper, Australia   Before starting out in the eating disorder world, I worked in developing anxiety prevention protocols and promoting that buzzword “resilience” in children and adolescent mental health. It was a…

By Eva Musby, UK My favourite word in “Eating Disorders World Action Day” is “Action”. There are places in the world where the action already taken needs to be celebrated and used to inspire…

By Valerie Di Mascio, Canada As a teenager, I struggled with anorexia but was never diagnosed. At the time, I could not see that my eating behaviours were a problem, and therefore I never…

Константин Рыжков, Россия Я, как врач, столкнулся с проблемой нарушения пищевого поведения в 90х годах– сразу после распада СССР. По роду своей профессиональной деятельности я консультировал, лечил и поддерживал пациентов с нарушением пищевого поведения…

By Konstantin Ryzhkova, Russia As a physician, I faced challenges with various eating disorders in the 1990s, immediately after the collapse of the USSR. On account of my professional activity I provided consultations, treatment…

By Jamie Bushell, USA As a new(ish) member of the eating disorder recovery community, I feel a multitude of emotions contributing to the World Eating Disorders Action Day’s blog, including fear, courage, vulnerability, gratitude,…

By Chevese Turner, Founder, President, CEO of BEDA, USA The Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) is a proud partner in support of World Eating Disorder Action Day #WeDoAct. BEDA leadership believes in this incredibly…

By Patricia Colli, Philadelphia, PA, USA Eating disorders are a mental health issue with physical manifestations – and one that has been stigmatized and shamed, swept under the carpet. It’s the illness that most…

By Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LGSW, USA There is a popular eating disorder recovery meme that states, “You are not fat. You have fat. You also have fingernails but you are not fingernails.” On first…

By Nathalie Decoo, Belgium Why do I care for others? Why do I want to matter to others? People who know me would say: “Can’t you leave all that stuff behind you?” To…

By Aya Nishizono-Maher MD, PhD, Japan ‘Are there people with anorexia in Japan?’ As eating disorder specialists we are often asked this question from overseas. Yes. We do have people with anorexia and…

By Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD, USA You pay into an insurance plan, every month or every paycheck, for the sole purpose of knowing that when you or a family member is ill, your…

By Stephanie Covington-Armstrong, USA When I relapsed at 36 years old, with bulimia after fourteen years of abstinence, a recovery that I had stopped making a priority due to the stresses of managing a…

By Nadia Shabir (Pen name Maha Khan), Pakistan/UK Eating Disorders don’t get headlines in Muslim world, but they are a real crisis in many countries of the Middle East and Asia. Sadly we…

Escrito por Dra. Eva Trujillo, México Muchos de nosotros esperamos con gran expectativa que llegue el 2 de Junio. Para quienes trabajamos en el campo de los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria es un…

By Dr. Eva Trujillo, Mexico Many of us look forward to World Eating Disorder Action Day on June 2nd with great emotion. For us, who work in the Eating Disorders field, this will…

By The Butterfly Foundation, Australia WE DO ACT. These three words conjure up a sense of community, collaboration, cooperation and collective comradery around an issue of great importance; a clear move forward with purpose…

By Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, USA I’ve been an eating disorder activist for nearly 15 years now. I’ve seen a lot of change. I’ve seen a great deal of pain, but also such encouraging…

By June Alexander, Australia I was a grandmother when I ‘came out’. The event was a school information night; the year, 2007. Forty-four years after developing anorexia nervosa, I was sharing my inner…

By Ulrike Schmidt, MRCPsych, Dr. Med. PhD, King’s College London, UK If you have a child with cancer, you wouldn’t wait until they had reached stage four cancer before starting treatment and it’s no…

By Thomas (Tommy) Kelly, Scotland Doctors often don’t understand eating disorders and turn males away due to stigma of this illness being a female complaint. They also tend to base treatment on BMI (body…

By Tabitha Farrar, UK and USA A little bit about me: Despite being an incredibly body-confident teenager, I developed Anorexia at age 17. I suffered severely from the disease until at age 26 I was…

By Andrea LaMarre, MSc, PhD(c), Canada When I think about eating disorders, I think about how lucky I am. By all accounts, I’m in the minority: I am a person who was able to…

By Judy Krasna, Israel When my daughter was diagnosed with anorexia eight years ago, our pediatrician didn’t have any tools to help her and he had no idea where to refer us for treatment.…

Personally, a big part of my recovery journey has revolved around sharing the gift of recovery mentoring with others.

Isn’t it time that eating disorders gets a day too? Well, it has: June 2, 2016 is the first ever World Eating Disorders Action Day.