Health
National Eating Disorders
Awareness Week
Unspecified Feeding or Eating
Disorder
• When behaviours do not meet full
criteria for any of the other feeding
and eating disorders, but still cause
clinically significant problems.
• Alternatively,
when
clinicians
are unable to assess whether
an individual meets criteria for
another disorder, for example, when
there is a lack of information in an
emergency situation.
T
here is a common saying,
‘your health is your wealth,’
which often only rings true
when something has gone
wrong. Without good health, financial
wealth and assets do not matter much
because one’s ability to enjoy them can
be impaired by poor health. Residents
and citizens of United Arab Emirates
(UAE) have been focusing more on
healthier lifestyles. From cycling and
other exercises to dietary changes,
more people are doing what it takes to
continue to enjoy good health.
February 23 - March 1 is observed as
National Eating Disorders Awareness
Week (#NEDAwareness Week). The
goal of National Eating Disorders
Awareness is to put the spotlight on the
seriousness of eating disorders and to
improve public understanding of their
causes, triggers and treatments.
Below are a few eating disorders that
you