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Binge Eating Disorder Association Announces BEDA 2010 National Conference Registration is Open

New association holds first annual conference for treatment providers

(Severna Park, MD) October 13, 2009 - The Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) announced today that it will hold its first annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland, March 4-6, 2010, at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. BEDA's first conference will provide professionals who treat individuals who have binge eating disorder with the opportunity to expand their knowledge base and augment their treatment repertoire, as well as network with a community of professionals gathered from around the country.

"We have three goals for our first conference: enlightenment, education, and empowerment," says Chevese Turner, BEDA founder and chief executive officer. "We are going to enlighten treatment providers about binge eating disorder, its relationship with obesity, and the roles genes play with findings from the latest studies about the nation’s most prevalent eating disorder. We are going to educate attendees about the causes of binge eating, current evidence-based treatment models, and a multidisciplinary team treatment approach. Most importantly, we're going to empower professionals to put what they'll learn into practice. Treatment providers will be able to use new paradigms in treatment and address affected individuals and their families in the appropriate manner with appropriate treatment options, so they can help their clients begin a healthy, successful road to recovery."

The agenda includes presentations by, panel discussions that include, and workshops lead by some of the industry's leading researchers and practitioners. Cynthia Bulik, PhD, director of the University of North Carolina's Eating Disorders Program and author of the recently released book Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop, will deliver the keynote address, “Binge Eating Disorder: Bridging the Research-Practice Divide.” Other presenters include Kathy Kater, LCSW, Michael Levine, PhD, Margo Maine, Michelle May, MD, PhD, and Mark Schwartz, ScD.

For more information about the conference, visit www.bedaonline.com/2010conference.

Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) is a national organization focusing on the need to increase prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for binge eating disorder. Through education, outreach and support, and resources, BEDA is committed to facilitating awareness, quality of care, and recovery for those who live and those who work with binge eating disorder.