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Here at the National Eating Disorder Information Centre, we are not only mandated to share information about eating disorders.. It is also our responsibility to provide information and resources about body image and food and weight preoccupation. That’s why days like tomorrow are so important to us.

May 6th is International No Diet Day. It is a day for organizations and individuals to push back against the industries and messages that encourage us to engage in dangerous dieting behaviours.

This month the NEDIC Outreach and Education team was involved with various presentations across the GTA.  We facilitated a presentation in Peel Region through Peel Children’s Centre for educators, social workers, child and youth workers and youth counsellors. This presentation was on eating disorders, concurrent disorders, what to look for and how to help. We have also facilitated two conference presentations at the Ontario School Counselor’s Association (OSCA) on eating disorder prevention and starting conversations about eating disorders in a province-wide conference for all school counselors in Ontario.

On behalf of NEDIC Staff and dedicated Volunteers, we wish every single one of our readers a Happy New Year!

A new year is often a symbol for new beginnings and a special motivation to overcome the challenges we faced in the previous year.

We hope that everyone has a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2013!

Cheers to the ever growing NEDIC community and blog!