Eating Disorders Conference - "The sourge of the NEW society"
On the 21st of February 2012, a conference dedicated to eating disorders, titled "The sourge of the NEW society", was held in the cultural center of Marfin Laiki Bank at 6:00pm. The organizers of the event were Prime Consulting Ltd, in collaboration with the MAZI Foundation - Foundation for the prevention of eating disorders and obesity.
The conference began with a speech by Mr. George Solomou, research analyst of Prime Consulting Ltd, who presented the recent research on the eating habits of Cypriot women. Following, Mr. Michalis Papadopoulos, President of the Board of Directors of the MAZI Foundation, in his brief greeting, spoke of the extremely important work of the foundation and of MAZI’s commitment for the creation of the first specialized rehabilitation center dedicated to eating disorders and obesity, by the end of 2012.
Ms Christina Sorokou, registered counseling psychologist, presented the psychological factors that lead to episodes of anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
Dr. Eleni Andreou, President of the Cyprus Dietetic Association and Vice president of the MAZI Foundation, in her speech titled "Food, Body and Fear", briefly analyzed the eating disorders of our time, as they are presented in the book published by the MAZI Foundation available at all bookstores.
The conference concluded with a speech by psychiatrist Dr. Simos Kyriakides, who referred to the organic complications caused by anorexia and bulimia, respectively. He also made a special reference to the appropriate medication for treatment of comorbidity, symptoms of which are depression, anxiety and compulsion, and are treated with antidepressants, antipsychotics (in the case of anorexia) and anticonvulsants (for the case of bulimia).
The evening was sponsored by Marfin Laiki Bank and the media sponsors were Radio Proto and Sigma TV. |
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