National Eating Disorders, NEDAwareness Week

Check out our 2010 NEDAwareness Week Partner Organizations!

Do you have photos from your NEDAwareness Week 2010 activities? Send them to neda@myneda.org to be included in our online Photo Gallery!

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"It's Time to Talk About It"

Get ready for NEDAwareness Week 2011, Feb 20-26!
Registration opening in September.

Click here to purchase NEDAwareness Week kits and materials...available in the store all year!

Thank you to our 2010 NEDAwareness Week Sponsors!

View NEDAwareness Week 2010 Photo Gallery!
View the electronic Educator Packet Table of Contents

This year NEDA joined forces with participating Partner Organizations, resulting in more people raising awareness than ever before!
Our Partners promoted NEDAwareness Week and encouraged their constituents to commit to doing just one thing! Partner Organizations offered discounted merchandise, hosted webinars and group art projects, organized fun events and more!
Click here to view the list of NEDAwareness Week Partner Organizations. For information on becoming a Partner Organization for NEDAwareness Week 2011, 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
Future NEDAwareness Week Dates
View images from NEDAwareness Week 2010
You can hold awareness activities any time! Click here to register (current materials are 2010 and will not switch to 2011 NEDAwareness Week materials until September).

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, including eating disorder professionals, health care providers, students, 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 asked 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, post information on Facebook 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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"It's Time to Talk About It" Get ready for NEDAwareness Week 2011, Feb 20-26! Registration opening in September.

Click here to purchase NEDAwareness Week kits and materials...available in the store all year! Thank you to our 2010 NEDAwareness Week Sponsors! View NEDAwareness Week 2010 Photo Gallery! View the electronic Educator Packet Table of Contents

This year NEDA joined forces with participating Partner Organizations, resulting in more people raising awareness than ever before!