SAVE THE DATE! BC Eating Disorders CoP 10th Annual Networking & Education Days!

by Amy Pezzente on Thu, 2019-08-08 10:34

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Compulsive eating: Overeaters Anonymous offers help

by Amy Pezzente on Thu, 2014-10-02 09:18

After years of struggling with overeating, two Lower Mainland residents say they have finally found a long-term solution when they started looking at their issues as a disease with the help of Overeaters Anonymous.

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CBC News

New Online Training Course for Clinicians Working With Individuals With Eating Disorders

by Amy Pezzente on Thu, 2014-10-02 09:15

New Online Training Course for Clinicians Working With Individuals With Eating Disorders

The Body Positive: A New Approach to Trea

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Timberline Knolls

Cape Bretoners living with eating disorders to have access to more support

by Amy Pezzente on Thu, 2014-09-25 09:06

It is estimated roughly nine per cent of Canadians are affected by an eating disorder, with anorexia being the third most common chronic health condition among young women.

 

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CTV News

Top doctor sounds alarm on lack of treatment for eating disorders

by Amy Pezzente on Thu, 2014-09-18 08:48

***WATCH: In part two of our series on the wait for eating disorder treatment in Canada, Vassy Kapelos speaks with top doctors about what the federal government needs to do to deal with the issue before it’s too late: http://bit.ly/1r2tMCK

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Global News

Fears grow as wait lists for eating disorder treatments lengthen

by Amy Pezzente on Wed, 2014-09-17 05:34

WATCH: Eating disorders, like anorexia and bulimia, are not only far more common than most of us realize, there is very little treatment.  Vassy Kapelos has the first in a two-part series.

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Global News

What if anorexia wasn't a disorder, but a passion?

by Amy Pezzente on Mon, 2014-09-15 12:11

After a century of treating patients with anorexia nervosa, psychiatrists remain stymied as to how to loosen its grip.

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The Globe and Mail

Eating disorders cause more Canadian girls to be hospitalized: About 28% of visits to emergency departments for eating disorders included admissions

by Amy Pezzente on Fri, 2014-09-05 09:14

Hospitalizations for eating disorders increased dramatically among preteen and teenage girls in Canada between 2006 and 2013, according to a new report.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information examined use of hospital services for eating disorders.

"From 2006–2007 to 2012–2013, the rate of females hospitalized in Canada for an eating disorder was stable — except among 10- to 19-year-olds," the institute said Thursday.

In that group, the rate increased by 42 per cent in just the last two years, with older teens experiencing an even sharper increase.

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CBC News: Health

Back to School: Langley university increasing course selections -Eating Disorders

by Amy Pezzente on Thu, 2014-08-28 16:56

This fall, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) is launching a whole roster of continuing and professional studies.

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Langley Advance

Proposed Anti-Anorexia Law Causes Debate in Italy

by Amy Pezzente on Mon, 2014-08-11 11:09

A proposed law in Italy that aims to jail or fine promoters of eating disorders is causing controversy this week because of the people it specifically targets: owners of pro-anorexia and bulimia websites, who can often be young sufferers themselves.

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Yahoo Health Canada

Serious Restrictive Eating Disorders Occur at Any Weight

by Amy Pezzente on Tue, 2014-08-05 13:24

Although the words “anorexia nervosa” typically conjure up images of emaciated bodies, eating disorders characterized by dietary restriction or weight loss can — and do — occur at any weight. However, precisely because anorexia nervosa is associated with underweight, doctors are less likely to identify eating disorders among individuals who are in the so-called “normal” or above normal weight range, even if they have all the other symptoms of anorexia nervosa.

Clearly, this is a problem.

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Science of Eating Disorders

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