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Southern California-NEDA Walk 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Crown Point, Mission Bay, San Diego

The UCSD Eating Disorders Treatment and Research Program is hosting a NEDA Walk in support of NEDAwareness Week. Registration for this event will start at 9am. The walk will begin at 10am. Please contact Aleksandra Marinovic at edresearch@ucsd.edu or 858-534-8026 for more details.

You can support our Marketing Coordinator Chris Allen as she walks to raise money for NEDA. Go to http://www.firstgiving.com/chrisallen1 to make a donation.

New titles featured in the 2010 catalogue:

50 Ways To Soothe Yourself Without Food
By Susan Albers
218 pg, paper, '09 (CODE: WTS) $16.95

Susan Albers, author of Eating Mindfully, offers this collection of 50 mindfulness skills and practices for relaxing the body in times of stress and ending your dependence on eating as a means of coping with difficult emotions... MORE

Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat
By Michelle May
400 pg, hardcover, '09 (CODE: EYL) $24.95

Based on the popular "Am I Hungry?" mindful eating workshops, this book encourages you to dig deep inside to look at not only what you eat, but also why and how... MORE

RADER PROGRAMS 800-841-1515 www.RaderPrograms.com Rader@raderprograms.com   The staff at Rader Programs has been providing multidisciplinary eating disorder treatment for over 25 years. Our staff of caring and experienced eating disorder professionals includes psychiatrists, psychologists, internists, registered dietitians, registered nurses, master level counselors, family counselors, and exercise counselors who recognize the complexity of eating disorders and understand the emotional, physical, nutritional, exercise, family and social components. Our treatment approach is centered on the special needs of each individual and we provide a nurturing, supportive environment to help individuals and their families achieve life long recovery. For a free confidential consultation please call 800-841-1515.

EATING DISORDERS CENTER of DENVER 866-771-0861 950 S. Cherry St, Ste. 1010 Denver, CO 80246 www.edcdenver.com The Eating Disorder Center of Denver treats male and female patients, 16 years and older, and family members affected by anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. We provide a comprehensive array of services including partial hospitalization, evening intensive outpatient and outpatient programs. Our partial hospitalization program provides comprehensive treatment on an outpatient basis, 7 days a week, 11 hours a day. The center also offers an evening intensive outpatient program three days a week, 4 hours a day, and outpatient services/aftercare for those patients who do not require a more intensive treatment program. Working together, our clinicians (psychiatrists, physicians, therapists and dietitians) create specialized treatment plans that fit each patient's physical, emotional, social, spiritual and nutritional needs. Patients learn to practice and internalize recovery skills until they can incorporate these behaviors into their way of life. For more information or to schedule a complimentary assessment, call 866.771.0861 or visit the center's web site at www.edcdenver.com

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Promoting Self Esteem & Healthy Body Image: A Program for the Jewish Community.
Sheppard Pratt Balitmore, MD
January 31, 2010
8:30am - 1:30pm

In addition to keynote presentations, the agenda will include interactive workshops focused on positive relationships with food, recognizing eating disorders, self-esteem, constructive parenting and other important topics. Presented by The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt and The Orthodox Union in collaboration with Jewish Community Services and Hadassah.

The Conference Center at Sheppard Pratt
6501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21285-6815
Attendance is free but pre-registration is required. Please call 410-938-3157 or email rsvp@sheppardpratt.org to reserve your seat.

"Eat, Shop and Cook Healthy": three mini-talks featuring Karen R. Koenig
February 3, 2010
Leila and Michael Gompertz Center, 2635 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL
For more information or to register, call 941-955-3000

Cal State University at Long Beach's "HeadSTRONG Awareness Week"

February 22nd, 11a-2p: Be Comfortable in your Genes Day - After collecting jeans donations for two months, HeadSTRONG will be inviting campus and community partners to decorate jeans with positive affirmations and display them in our campus quad. The event will encourage people to love themselves as they are and not always try to fit into that one old pair of jeans.

February 23rd, 11a-2p: On-Campus Resource Fair - HeadSTRONG will be inviting campus and community partners together to advocate for living a healthy lifestyle and spread information about resources that exist promoting such. At the fair, w will have student performances, free mental-health screenings, and a "healthy-lifestyle" raffle.

February 23rd, 6:30p: Documentary screening: Beauty Mark: Body Image & the Race for Perfection - HeadSTRONG will be hosting a free documentary showing and will be inviting campus and community members.

February 24th, 10a-3p: Wellness Wednesday - HeadSTRONG will be hosting three workshops encouraging healthy living. The first will be a simple hair/makeup routine for individuals on the go. The second will be a workshop on tips for stress management. The third will be on Eating Mindfully.

February 25th, 11a-1p: Smashing of the Scales - HeadSTRONG invites campus and community members to join us in standing up for self-esteem by smashing bathroom scales with sledgehammers. This event symbolizes the importance of health over weight.

February 25th, 6:30p: Guest Speaker: Patrick Bergstrom - Eating disorder activist Patrick Bergstrom will be speaking about his experiences overcoming his eating disorder, how to help a friend in need and how we can work to battle eating disorders in the future.

CONTACT FOR ALL EVENTS: Katie Gaston: kgaston@csulb.edu

Fundraising Event: Private Screening of America The Beautiful
Saturday February 27, 2010
The Art Theatre of Long Beach
2025 E. 4th Street
7:00pm

Shoreline Center for Eating Disorder Treatment, in conjunction with Eating Disorders Awareness Week is excited to announce a private screening of "America The Beautiful" with special guest, film-maker Darryl Roberts who will hold a Q&A post screening.

Ticket Donation: $50*
Purchase tickets online: www.shoreline-eatingdisorders.com or call (562) 434-6007
* This is a fundraising event and all donations and proceeds will go towards providing transitional living scholarships to those in need. Your donations are tax deductible.

IAEDP San Diego: Special Screening of "America The Beautiful"
Saturday February 27, 2010
1:00-4:00pm

Join IAEDP San Diego and sponsor Healthy Within for a screening of the acclaimed documentary "America The Beautiful" with special guest Carolyn Costin, MA, E.Ed, MFT, author of ED Sourcebook and 100 Questions and Answers About ED.

Suggested donation: $10
RSVP: iaedpsd@gmail.com

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