Eating Disorder

• Eating disorder hospitalizations for young men surged 416% in nearly 2 decades: report

  'It doesn't align with kind of what people expect outside of the eating disorder field,' the lead author said of the study's findings.

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  Dec 4, 2023
  
• Albertans with eating disorders ‘not sick enough’ for hospital admission

  A study shows people suffering from easting disorders do not know where to go if they are “not sick enough” to be admitted to the hospital.

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  Feb 5, 2023
  
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• CMHA Waterloo Wellington campaign shows the many shapes of eating disorders

  Eating Disorders Awareness Week is a national campaign that runs Feb. 1-8. A local presentation by Waterloo Wellington Eating Disorders Coalition will be held Wednesday evening.

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  Feb 3, 2023
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• ‘Proud to say I am a fat person’: Calgary actors draw attention to weight bias

  Actors who proudly call themselves fat are telling their stories of bias and acceptance in a play that explores the shame and fear associated with their body shape.

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  Jan 27, 2023
• RVH receives $600,000 donation to battle youth eating disorders

  A six-figure donation from TD Bank Group will help the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Foundation launch a new initiative helping youth struggling with eating disorders.

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  Oct 25, 2022
• Eating disorders clinic marks a decade of serving southwestern Ontario

  The Adult Eating Disorders Service (AEDS) was developed in 2012 to overcome a lack of care available for those with eating disorders in the region.

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  Oct 6, 2022
• Eating disorder hospitalizations among Canadian youth rose during COVID-19 pandemic: data

  Hospitals saw a spike in the number of youth hospitalized for eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Research reveal.

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  May 5, 2022
• Eating disorders impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, Kingston experts say

  Kingston Health Sciences Centre's Director of Mental Health and Addictions programs says eating disorder referrals increased by 45 per cent between 2020 and 2021.

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  May 3, 2022
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• ‘I stopped eating’: Rise in eating disorders seen among Ontario youth during COVID pandemic

  It's a situation experts say many youth have found themselves in since COVID-19 hit -- and a phenomenon hospitals in Ontario have been working hard to deal with.

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  Dec 10, 2021
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• Tween’s ‘powerful thighs’ message a reminder that weight and body image language matters

  The National Eating Disorder Information Centre says children as young as five pick up on negative body image conversations.

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  Dec 2, 2021