Eating Disorders Program

Welcome

Science in the Service of Improving the Treatments for Eating Disorders:
There is a growing understanding of how powerful brain processes contribute to behaviors that create and sustain anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Such knowledge has resulted in court rulings, such as a recent New Jersey case, that have classified eating disorders as a biologically based brain disorder. More on the Eating Disorders Program

News

New article in TIME: A Genetic Link Between Anorexia and Autism?

Article by Maia Szalavitz

June 19, 2009

September 10th - 12th

National Eating Disorders Association Conference in Minneapolis

NEDA Conference Information

September 23rd - 24th

Eating Disorders Coalition is having a lobby day at Capital Hill September 23rd - 24th to try to further momentum around the FREED ACT (Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act).

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