World Eating Disorders Action Day

Como sobreviviente de un trastorno de la conducta alimentaria uno de mis mayores temores era que alguno de mis hijos lo heredara, por lo que cuando a mi hijo mayor lo diagnosticaron con…

By: Carey Cronin In February we celebrated my brother’s 36th birthday and were able to go out to buy gifts and make a cake…yes, I ate cake at my brother’s birthday celebration. At…

Mujer, MG 31 años Monterrey, México Tenía casi seis meses de embarazo cuando fui a consultar por primera vez y estaba negada a subir de peso. Me preocupaba demasiado el tamaño de mi…

El vivir con un TCA, es como tener una amiga tóxica que te da consejos para tu “bienestar”, pero que en realidad solo te están dañando, te persuade diciéndote que dejando de comer,…

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…

I have always thought that being skinny was better and would make you prettier and happier; I tried to lose weight and managed to; lost control and fell into an eating disorder, Anorexia.…

I am a 64-year-old grandmother enjoying freedom from a long-term eating disorder. I was told from an early age that I was fat, and I did not deserve to eat. I started my first organized group diet around…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…