Eating Disorder Panel Discussion – Kansas City Health Department, March 2023

Eating Disorder Awareness Week Panel Discussion with Kansas City Councilwoman Andrea Bough, Dr. Denise Wilfley from the Scott Rudolph University/Washington University School of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, Pediatrics & Psychological & Brain Sciences.

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Researchers bring Body U to schools with HHS grant – Washington University in St. Louis, The Source, November 2022

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A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant will allow faculty from the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences in Arts & Sciences and the School of Medicine to expand their Body U program to middle schools across Missouri. The program aims to raise awareness of, identify and treat eating disorders. 

HHS Awards nearly $1 Million to Address Eating Disorders in Adolescent Girls – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September, 2022

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health announced it awarded nearly $1 million in grant awards to improve early detection and prevention of eating disorders in adolescent girls.

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