According to Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, the nation's largest non-profit organization devoted to the awareness and prevention of eating disorders, these estimates are conservative.
Many cases go unreported due to the secretiveness and shame associated with eating disorders.
An all-day seminar sponsored by the Women's Resource Center was held on Tuesday, Oct. 17, to discuss and raise awareness about body image and eating disorders. The seminar included workshops, discussions and interactive theater presentations. We want to encourage people to love their bodies, and if they do have an eating disorder to get help. Gosselin, who suffered from anorexia and bulimia in high school, said she does not want people to be afraid of getting help. Leslea Newman, author of more than 30 books including a number on eating disorders, spoke at the seminar.