INSTITUTE OF OBESITY, NUTRITION & EXERCISE - UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY - UPCOMING SEMINAR- The Perfect Diet: The Reality Check – 30th June 2009: Have you ever wondered whether food can help you live for ever, or help you avoid common chronic diseases? If so, please join us for this one day symposium covering:
9.45am - 4pm, Tuesday 30 June, Webster Theatre, Camperdown Campus
General registration - $65, Students at other institutions - $45
Free to current University of Sydney staff and students
EATING DISORDERS IN THE NEWS
Third edition of REAL magazine
A jam-packed issue filled with incredible artwork, amazing
poetry and eye/mind-opening articles written by young women across the world. July, 2009
Anorexia's lifelong legacy
A study published in the Medical Journal Of Australia this year found that boys suffering an eating disorder were more likely than girls to remain undiagnosed until they experienced potentially life-threatening medical complications. SMH - 16/6/09
Off the scale: Have healthy, normal children such as Bianca been wrongly labelled by health authorities as overweight? Richard Guilliatt talks to researchers and angry parents who are warning of a backlash. Weeknd Australian - 10/5/09
Children with Eating Disorders on the rise: study
A new study has revealed more than 100 young children across Australia have been hospitalised with medical complications because of an eating disorder. ABC Online – 19/4/2009
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) issues guidelines for childhood Obesity
The AED, a global professional association committed to leadership in eating disorders research, education, treatment and prevention, issued guidelines for childhood obesity prevention programs to ensure that community- and school-based efforts are carried out with equal concern for children's physical, social and emotional health. News-medical.net 3/4/2009
Updated 29 June, 2009
