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A groundbreaking book! A solid road map to recovery from the use of food as a coping strategy. (Learn more)  Interactive On-line Program Join Now! Seminar tackles emotions behind eating
Times Colonist
A three-day seminar organized by the Cedric Centre to help women get to the root of their emotional eating will be held April 8 to 10. "We will help women see that food is not the problem, and then help them deal directly with what is," says centre director Michelle Morand, who explains the seminar can help people who know they have issues with food, but don't necessarily fit into the category of a clinical eating disorder. Many of the centre's clients have spent years trying to treat their unbalanced relationship with food by using diets, "only to find they gain more weight and become more unhappy with their bodies. "Eighty per cent of overweight people have tried dieting, and we know that 30 per cent of dieters progress to an eating disorder." Morand adds there is a huge overlap between people who are considered medically overweight -- 63 per cent of Canadians -- and those who eat for emotional reasons. "By the end of the seminar, participants will experience profound and lasting shifts in their relationship with food." The Centric Centre specializes in treatment of clinical eating disorders and related issues such as anxiety, depression and distorted body image. The workshop will be in the Sandman Hotel, 2852 Douglas St. , and costs $374.50. For information, call 383-0797. © Times Colonist (Victoria) 2005 |
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Food is not the Problem: Deal with what is!
