According to a Nov. 13 article on the website ThirdAge.com, a college in Wales is attempting to combat rising rates of eating disorders in that nation by adding the topic to the school's curriculm:
More than 1000 new cases of eating disorders are being confirmed [in Wales] each year.
Now Cardiff University’s curriculum includes a module called, The Collaborative Working in Eating Disorders.
It aims to help promote greater understanding and treatment of eating disorders, like anorexia and bulimia.
The program pulls together academics and sufferers of eating disorders, to establish a better framework for dealing with the illness. It’s the first program of its kind in Wales.
“It is only with this kind of collaborative effort that we can think progressively and together develop a successful way to help and provide appropriate care for people with eating disorders," said Katy Rawlins, an ED survivor who is involved with the creation of the new course.
The full text of this article may be accessed here.
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