TAPE 1: Anorexia-Bulimia- Binge Eating (approx. 1 hour)
Anorexia Nervosa: Intense fear of becoming "fat" which continues even when the person is dangerously thin. excessive dieting and voluntary starvation.

Bulimia/Bulimarexia: Binge eating large amounts of food in short periods of time. Vomiting and/or laxative abuse. Heavy exercising.

TAPE 2: Coping with Compulsive Overeating (approx. 30 minutes)
Compulsive Overeating/Binge Eating: Giving up the "Diet-Binge Cycle"; Making Peace with Food; Dealing with Body Hatred and Learning Internal-cued eating.

Eating Disorders afflict about 10% of all American women and 20% of college aged young women. Males can also be affected though to a much lesser extent. Eating Disorders can result in death. They are serious medical disorders which should receive prompt medical attention. These programs address the medical, psychiatric and sociocultural aspects of Eating Disorders. National experts specifically discuss compulsive overeating, anorexia and bulimia.

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Eating Disorders: Afflicting the Mind...Body... & Soul Presenters

Dr. David B. Herzog, M.D., President & founder of Harvard Eating Disorder Center, Harvard Medical School;Founder and Director, Boston Researchers in Eating disorders, consolidated Dept. of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (1991); Member, Clinical Nutrition Research Center at Harvard; Consultant to Beverly Hills 90210 and Blossom; Recipient of the Simon Wile Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1997).

Jane R. Hirschmann, M.S.W., Co-Director with Carol Munter, of the National Center for Overcoming Overeating, co-authors of Overcoming Overeating; and When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies; and co-author with Lela Zaphiropoulos of Preventing Childhood Eating Problems; and a well know lecturer on the topic of body hatred and compulsive eating.

Dr. Sonia Kragh, M.D.,Associated with CNY Internists, P.C. since March, 1997. Medical experience includes two years with a private practice internal medicine group in Maine and four years as the Chief of Internal Medicine and Deputy Chief of Hospital Services at March Air Force Base, California. Specific interest include women's and adolescent health issues with a special focus on medical complications of eating disorders.

Marilyn B. Benoit, M.D.Sp. HSA Specialist, Health Services Management & Policy. Professional Medical Moderator. Secretary, AACAP Clinical Associate Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center; Director, Child Psychiatric Services, Howard University Hospital. [UP]