The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt (CED) will be hosting a live chat with Dr. Trisha Gura on Tuesday, September 30 starting at 8 p.m. EDT. Gura is the author of Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women and has become an advocate for dispelling the myth that eating disorders only happen to teenage girls. She will be taking questions about eating disorders at CED’s online forum. Registration is required.
In addition to the online chat, Dr. Gura will be speaking at CED from 1 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 5. Admission is free but pre-registration is required. On CED’s blog, Dr. Gura discusses her hopes for what the audience will get out of her presentation.
I highly encourage everyone to attend either or both events if able.
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