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Core Course I - Introduction to Eating Disorders 
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EDP620 Plenary Session- 1- ID and Treatment- 2- Jeans or Genes
Annual Symposium 2007

EDP620 Plenary Session: 
1. Medical Issues in Eating Disorders: Identification and Treatment 
2. Jeans or Genes: A Panel Discussion about Genetic Research and the Implications of Eating Disorders Research, Treatment, and Prevention

The “biopsychiatric” theory and research genetics, temperament, and neurochemistry is considered by many in the field—to be the “cutting edge” of research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders. The goal is to explore practical conclusions about what that paradigm does and does not mean for an approach to treatment, prevention, education, and advocacy that emphasizes the integration of biological factors with powerful psychological and socio-cultural factors. Is it Jeans or Genes?

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EDP628 Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan -  An Alarming Trend
Annual Symposium 2007

EDP628: 
There have been marked advances in knowledge and understanding of the eating disorder over time. Also the spectrum of what is called `eating disorders' has gradually expanded into obesity as new conditions such as binge eating disorder have been introduced into the diagnostic system. The dialectical process of synthesis between the body of knowledge from the obese and the lean end of the spectrum can enrich our understanding. Exploring a Lifespan of eating disorders, we see a trend which should alarm all of us ... from parents to politicians.

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EDP631 Plenary Session -  When I was 9 - The Eating Disordered Child
Annual Symposium 2007

EDP631: 
The incidence of eating disorders is increasing in younger age groups. The impact of these disorders has serious chronic medical complications, and is of major public health concern. Due to the emergence of symptoms in childhood and through adolescence, research questions that address early preventive and interceptive strategies are explored.

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