***Media Advisory***
What: The Eating Disorders Coalition for Research,
Policy & Action (EDC) will hold a Congressional briefing for House and
Senate staff to address the correlation between photo-shopped images and
disordered eating and to raise awareness of the seriousness of eating
disorders. The briefing is hosted by the office of Senator Tom Harkin
(IA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Committee. Senator Harkin is a long-standing supporter of EDC advocates
and their mission to bring federal attention to eating disorders. Over
several Congressional Sessions, Harkin was a lead co-sponsor of the Federal
Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act (FREED Act). “Eating disorders such
as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are widespread, insidious, and too
often fatal. Contrary to widespread beliefs, adolescent women are by no
means the only people suffering from eating disorders; these diseases don’t discriminate
by gender, race, income or age,” said Senator Harkin. “We all have a
responsibility to ensure that we undertake the necessary research, and provide
the treatment and prevention that can help us beat eating disorders.”Tremendous misperceptions about the severity of eating disorders influence the federal resources devoted to eating disorders, especially research funding. Barriers to treatment, despite Mental Health Parity and the Affordable Care Act, continue to plague sufferers and their families, and people continue to die prematurely as a result. At the time this media advisory goes to press, the news of another young woman's death from anorexia on July 17, 2014, is heavily on our hearts and minds.
Speakers:
Dr.
Rachel Adatto, Former
member of Israeli Parliament (Knesset)
Rosie
Buccellato, Person in
Recovery
Allyson
Kapin, Co-Founder of
Rad Campaign and Founder of Women Who Tech
Kathleen
MacDonald, Policy
Director of the Eating Disorders Coalition
Lizabeth
Wesely-Casella,
Founder of BingeBehavior.com
When: Thursday,
July 24, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. EST (a boxed lunch will be served)
Where: Senate
Visitors Center (SVC) 201-00
RSVP: Pre-register by July 23, 2014. To
register, please email:
manager@eatingdisorderscoalition.org
The Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC)
is comprised of over 40 organizations and is dedicated to unifying the voice of
America’s eating disorder organizations in order to raise Federal awareness of
eating disorders . Together with our member organizations and advocates,
the EDC serves the over 30 million American's who suffer with eating disorders,
the deadliest of all mental illnesses.
EDC Advocate Voices: "I Stand
for the FREED Act because..."
Learn More: Facts
About Eating Disorders
Media Contact: David
Jaffe – djaffe@eatingdisorderscoalition.org
or 202-543-9570
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