By LAUREN JANSON
Published: February 20, 2015

Throughout National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week (February 22^th– 28^th, 2015), various staff members from UNC CEED will be conducting or participating in live, Twitter chats. These sessions will cover a variety of important eating disorder topics and will encourage audiences to actively participate by asking questions. Check out the list below, and join us for these engaging discussions!

Monday, February 23rd at 1pm

Cynthia Bulik, PhD, will be joining an NIMH Twitter chat about binge eating disorder (BED). To participate in this live chat, log into your Twitter account and follow the hashtag #NIMHchats. Include this hashtag in each of your tweets to ensure that the researchers can answer your questions. If you would prefer to just view the conversation (and not participate), you can visit http://twubs.com/NIMHchats.

Monday, February 23^rd at 3:30pm

Stephanie Zerwas, PhD, will lead a discussion about pregnancy and eating disorders on HuffPost Live via Google Hangout. Check back here early on Monday morning for the link to follow!

Thursday, February 26th at 12pm

Cristin Runfola, PhD, will lead a discussion called “A Slippery Slope: Identifying Disordered Behaviors Before They Go Too Far”. To participate in this live chat, log into your Twitter account and follow the hashtag #NEDAwareness. Make sure to use this same hashtag in each of your posts!

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