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		<title>What&#8217;s All The Buzz About Eating Disorder Prevention? Rosalind Wiseman Speaks About Raising Confident &amp; Competent Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt has been hosting a variety of events to promote eating disorder awareness and to provide tools to work towards the prevention of eating disorders. To that end, best-selling author of &#8220;Queen Bees &#38; Wannabes&#8221; Rosalind Wiseman, spoke on Sunday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/03/whats-all-the-buzz-about-eating-disorder-prevention-rosalind-wiseman-speaks-about-raising-confident-competent-children/</link>
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		<title>Like A Tree My Body Is&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday evening marked the 4th annual Love Your Tree Recognition Ceremony which culminated with an unveiling of the 2010 Love Your Tree poster. This year&#8217;s chosen artwork was created by Kiley Baker, a sophomore at Bel Air High School in Harford County, Maryland.

&#8220;Like a tree, my body is&#8230;Renewed&#8221;
Following the awards ceremony, an audience of very proud students, family members [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/02/like-a-tree-my-body-is/</link>
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		<title>Awareness Meets Action &#8211; National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 21-27, 2010 

a·ware (-wâr) adj. 1. knowing something: having knowledge of something from having observed it or been told about it
Did you know that eating disorders are the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents and that the rates of eating disorders among males, adults and young children are also on the rise?  Did you realize that half of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/02/awareness-meets-action-national-eating-disorders-awareness-week-2010/</link>
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		<title>Q &amp; A with Rosalind Wiseman &#8211; Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday we posted Part I of our interview with best-selling author, Rosalind Wiseman, an expert in teaching parents, educators and other adults how to effectively guide youth through the social challenges of Girl World and Boy World.  Today&#8217;s post includes Part II of our Q &#38; A which ventures into the effects of parents&#8217; own body image issues, adolescent &#8220;beauty pageants&#8221;, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/02/q-a-with-rosalind-wiseman-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Q &amp; A with Rosalind Wiseman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year, the last week of February marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week across the country.  This year, on Sunday February 21st, The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt will kick-off a full week of events designed not only to promote awareness for the cause, but ultimately to spread education that will help prevent eating disorders before [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/02/q-a-with-rosalind-wiseman/</link>
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		<title>Breaking news from The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tune into ABC’s Good Morning America tomorrow between 7 and 9 a.m. to see The Center’s very own Dr. Harry Brandt discuss the dangers of Smartphone applications as they relate to eating disorders, disordered eating and compulsive exercise. The Center has been doing outreach about the potential risks associated with weight loss applications for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/02/breaking-news-from-the-center-for-eating-disorders-at-sheppard-pratt/</link>
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		<title>Baltimore&#8217;s Jewish Community Braves Snow to Attend Eating Disorders Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Promoting Self-Esteem &#38; Positive Body Image: A Program for the Jewish Community&#8221; 

On Sunday January 31, 2010, The Center for Eating Disorders (CED) at Sheppard Pratt, in partnership with The Orthodox Union and in collaboration with Hadassah of Greater Baltimore and Jewish Community Services, hosted an event to help shed light on the issue of eating disorders and body [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/02/baltimores-jewish-community-braves-snow-to-attend-eating-disorders-conference/</link>
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		<title>Risky Retail:  CVS Circular Sends Dangerous Message About Laxatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately we are all too familiar with a constant undertone of media and societal support for the &#8220;thin ideal&#8221; and a perpetuation of the dieting culture.  It&#8217;s not as often though, that we see messages from media or other advertising outlets that blatantly encourage dangerous eating disorder behaviors.    
This was our experience yesterday when we were shown [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/01/risky-retail-cvs-circular-sends-dangerous-message-about-laxatives/</link>
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		<title>Eating Disorders in the Jewish Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tackling issues often wondered about and little discussed&#8230;

Eating disorders are amongst the most serious of medical conditions with high rates of morbidity, including the highest death rate of any psychiatric illness.  It is important to note that within diverse populations, the stressors that may exacerbate an eating disorder can vary greatly, as can unique cultural [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2010/01/eating-disorders-in-the-jewish-community/</link>
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		<title>Why Diets Don&#8217;t Work</title>
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&#8220;Lose 20 pounds in less than two weeks!&#8221; &#8220;Join our program and never be hungry again!&#8221; These types of advertisements are all too familiar in today&#8217;s culture.  With society&#8217;s strong emphasis on being thin, it&#8217;s no wonder that lofty claims from diet programs, plans and pills have such strong appeal. But do they really work?  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2009/12/why-diets-dont-work/</link>
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