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The Academy for Eating Disorders calls upon government officials and internet service providers to require warning screens for pro-anorexia Web sites, citing research that shows women who viewed a pro-anorexia web site reported decreases in self-esteem and perceived attractiveness, and increases in negative affect and perception of being overweight.
The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) has recently issued a patient's bill of rights to help guide people with eating disorders and their families as they seek the best option for treatment. Finding the best care and treatment option can often be a confusing process but getting the right care can mean life or death to an eating disorders patient.
AED calls for industry and government support of a ban of extremely underweight models both on the runway and in fashion magazines in the wake of recent deaths of fashion models worldwide. AED also provides suggested guidelines for the fashion industry.
The Academy for Eating Disorders has released a position paper in the March issue of its scientific journal explaining the scientific rationale for identifying eating disorders as serious mental illnesses.
The Academy for Eating Disorders is issuing a Position Paper on The Role of Family in Eating Disorders that outlines research refuting the common misconception that families are a primary cause of anorexia or bulimia nervosa.
The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) expresses support for members of the fashion industry who have recently expressed opposition to practices that promote idealization of an unhealthy thin beauty ideal through the use of underweight models.
Several major eating disorders organizations have joined forces and are urging focus on health and lifestyle rather than weight as a measurement of well-being.
The Academy for Eating Disorders is pleased to announce a new informational resource, “Eating Disorders: Critical Points for Early Recognition and Medical Risk Management in the Care of Individuals with Eating Disorders,” which is now freely accessible on their website. This document--the first of its kind intended to provide guidance specific to managing eating disorders in primary-care practice-- offers key guidelines, a list of signs and symptoms, and strategies to help general practitioners make an early diagnosis, medically stabilize patients, and support evidence-based care for patients with eating disorders.
The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) observes National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 26-March 3 in the United States, by reaffirming its commitment to leadership in eating disorders research, education, treatment and prevention. By doing so, AED joins other eating disorders organizations nationwide in assisting to raise awareness of the potential dangers of eating disorders and the need for early identification and treatment.
In the face of many myths, the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) releases “Nine Truths About Eating Disorders” in order to clarify public understanding. Produced in collaboration with Dr. Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED, who serves as distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Nine Truths” is based on Dr. Bulik’s 2014 “9 Eating Disorders Myths Busted” talk at the National Institute of Mental Health. Leading associations in the field of eating disorders also contributed their valuable input.
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