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Eating Disorders Awareness Week (The Alliance)
WHEREAS, eating disorders affect 30,000,000 individuals in the United States
during their lifetimes; with more than 600,000 individuals in the State of Florida alone; and
WHEREAS, eating disorders, including the specific disorders of anorexia nervosa,
bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, and other
specified feeding or eating disorders, are complex, biologically based illnesses; and
WHEREAS, eating disorders are associated with serious physical health consequences,
including irregular heartbeats, heart disease and heart failure, kidney failure, osteoporosis,
gastric rupture, tooth decay, obesity, gall bladder disease, diabetes, and death; and
WHEREAS, at least once every 62 minutes, someone dies due to their struggle with an
eating disorder, and anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness; and
WHEREAS, eating disorders know no boundaries with respect to genders, ages, races,
ethnicities, body shapes and weights, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic statuses; and
WHEREAS, eating disorders have a high prevalence amongst active military service
members and veterans; and
WHEREAS, with early detection and intervention, full recovery from an eating
disorder is possible; and
WHEREAS, The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization, is the premier eating disorders organization in the State of Florida dedicated to
providing programs and activities aimed at outreach, education, and early intervention for all
eating disorders
NOW THEREFORE, I, Abby Brennan, Mayor of the Village of Tequesta, do hereby
proclaim February 25, 2019 — March 3, 2019 as:
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EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK
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Lori McWilliams, MMC
Village Clerk