National Eating Disorders, NEDAwareness Week

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NEDAwareness Week 2010: February 21-27
Theme: It's Time to Talk About It

Everyone can do...just one thing!

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New: FREE Registration, free Educator Packet, Volunteer Speaker List, Activity-of-the-Day Schedule, and Partner Organization Activities, Resources and Discounts!
Click here to purchase your NEDAwareness Week kits and materials now.

View the electronic Educator Packet Table of Contents

Thank you to our 2010 NEDAwareness Week Sponsors!

Thanks to our 2010 NEDAwareness Week Partners, more people are participating than ever before!

Our Partners are promoting NEDAwareness Week and encouraging their constituents to commit to doing just one thing! Partner Organizations are offering discounted merchandise, hosting webinars and group art projects, organizing fun events and more!
Click here to view the list of NEDAwareness Week Partner Organizations (in formation). For information on becoming a Partner Organization, email sroman@myneda.org.

View Partner activities, events and discount materials!

NEDAwareness Week reaches millions with messages of hope and recovery

The mission of NEDAwareness Week
How NEDAwareness Week works
Registration, kits & how to get involved
FAQ for potential NEDAwareness Week participants
Find events & Volunteer Speakers in your area
We NEDAwareness!: Activity-of-the-Day Schedule
Post Your Events (You must be a registered participant to post events or be listed as a Volunteer Speaker)
Key NEDAwareness Week messages
Listen to the recorded webinar: LGBTQ Youth and Eating Disorders
Future NEDAwareness Week Dates
View images from NEDAwareness Week 2009
Thanks to our 2010 NEDAwareness Week Sponsors

The mission of NEDAwareness Week

Our aim of NEDAwareness Week is to ultimately prevent eating disorders and body image issues while reducing the stigma surrounding eating disorders and improving access to treatment. Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening illnesses — not choices — and it’s important to recognize the pressures, attitudes and behaviors that shape the disorder.

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What is NEDAwareness Week?

NEDAwareness Week is a collective effort of primarily volunteers, eating disorder professionals, health care providers, educators, social workers, and individuals committed to raising awareness of the dangers surrounding eating disorders and the need for early intervention and treatment.

How NEDAwareness Week Works

This year, NEDA is calling for everyone to do just one thing to help raise awareness and provide accurate information about eating disorders. NEDAwareness Week participants can choose from a huge range of ways to contribute: Distribute info pamphlets and put up posters, write one letter for Media Watchdogs, register as a Volunteer Speaker or host a Volunteer Speaker, coordinate a NEDA Walk, or arrange interactive and educational activities such as panel discussions, fashion shows, body fairs, movie screenings, art exhibits and more. As an official NEDAwareness Week participant you can be involved in any way that works with your schedule, resources, community, and interests. These events and activities attract public media attention - on local, national and international levels.

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NEDAwareness Week 2010: February 21-27 Theme: It's Time to Talk About It Everyone can do...just one thing! Register Now!

New: FREE Registration, free Educator Packet, Volunteer Speaker List, Activity-of-the-Day Schedule, and Partner Organization Activities, Resources and Discounts! Click here to purchase your NEDAwareness Week kits and materials now.

Thank you to our 2010 NEDAwareness Week Sponsors! Thanks to our 2010 NEDAwareness Week Partners, more people are participating than ever before!