Academy for Eating Disorders

Sign on in support of the rights of people with eating disorders and their families! Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) Worldwide Charter for Action on Eating Disorders defines the rights and expectations that people with eating disorders and their families can seek from those responsible for health policies and practices worldwide. The goal of the  Charter initiative is to form a united coalition that can persuade policy makers around the globe to commit to the actions set forth in the Charter. To view and sign on in support of the Charter go to http://www.aedweb.org/public/WorldCharter.cfm.

GAINING: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

GAINING: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders is the first book to "connect the dots," painting a complete picture of the interpersonal, cultural, and biochemical forces that cause – and must be addressed in order to cure – anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Drawing on her own life history, cutting-edge research, and extensive interviews with others who have been recovered for up to thirty years, Aimee Liu offers a retrospective view of life before, during, and after active eating disorders. The stories in this book make it clear that eating disorders have little to do with food or weight -- and everything to do with personality, fear, and shame. They are distress signals that can occur at any age and often recur during periods of stress and loss. Gaining translates these signals into vital insights for individuals and families who have struggled with eating disorders, and for parents who want to safeguard their children.

"This is a ground-breaking work that's a must-read for anyone who has struggled with food or weight but didn't quite understand why." Lori Gottlieb,
Author of STICK FIGURE: A DIARY OF MY FORMER SELF

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"This book is the most sensitive, insightful, and beautifully crafted connection I have seen of personal experience with what scientists know about eating disorders. It is rich in emotion, understanding of human interaction, and lessons on culture, weight, and eating." Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.
Director, Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, Yale University

Visit www.gainingthetruth.com Or purchase Gaining at Amazon.

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Legislation & Research

Learn about important legislation efforts underway to advance the federal recognition of Eating Disorders as a public health priority

Learn about participating in ground breaking research regarding genetics and anorexia nervosa in families.

B.I.T.E.® Mentoring Group (The Body Image Transformation Experience)

New York, New York: For Patients Struggling with Weight Regulation -- A Short Term Group Offering for the Spring: March- June, 2009.  Applications for The Body Image Transformation Experience (BITE®) Group (March-June, 2009) are now being accepted. http://www.franweiss.com/bite-group-2009.html

The group is specifically designed for patients who have eating, weight regulation, and body image issues. The BITE® method works best in full collaboration with existing treatment practitioners. The Overweight, Disordered Eating patient (ODE) presents unique and multifaceted clinical challenges for both the clinician and for patients themselves. This group is an empowering and transformational experience for patients, which has excellent results in moving patients towards change. The BITE® method is a treatment model especially designed to tackle patient's ability to withstand the necessary changes required to break the barrier of "stuckness". These methods move them past the "tipping point" to transcend their circular arguments to achieve weight regulation. The Group integrates the "outside" what patient's know, with "inside" what they feel, towards action, achieving the goal of getting to what they want. Please call with questions regarding the appropriateness of referrals. (This group is not intended for those with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa.)

 Fran Weiss,LCSW-R,BCD,DCSW,CGP Associate Clinical Professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Sr. Consulting Psychotherapist, New York Obesity Research Center, Tel: 212 362 6019