Eating Disorder Awareness WeekCITY DF DELRAY BEACH
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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 heaiibeats, hea1i 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 50l(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, Shelly Petrolia, do hereby proclaim February 25, 2019 - March 3, 2019 as:
EA TING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Delray Beach to be affixed this __ day of February 2019.
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SHELLY PETROLIA MAYOR
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