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25/02/2015
New Eating Disorder Awareness Website Launches
A new website has been launched for people suffering with eating disorders in Northern Ireland as part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2015.
The new Eating Disorder Association Northern Ireland website (EDANI) aims to offer support to people living with eatings disorders, as well as family and friends of those affected. It also seeks to raise awareness of the types of eating disorders that people can suffer from, such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.
EDANI said that it hoped the new site "will provide people with somewhere they can get all the relevant information and feel safe in asking questions and talking about their eating disorder".
(MH/CD)
The new Eating Disorder Association Northern Ireland website (EDANI) aims to offer support to people living with eatings disorders, as well as family and friends of those affected. It also seeks to raise awareness of the types of eating disorders that people can suffer from, such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.
EDANI said that it hoped the new site "will provide people with somewhere they can get all the relevant information and feel safe in asking questions and talking about their eating disorder".
(MH/CD)
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