The Eating Disorders Awareness Coalition (EDC) has announced that Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund will serve as a lobbyist and lend her visibility as Miss America and her personal story to the April 9 launch of the Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act (FREED Act).
The EDC and members of Congress have crafted the FREED Act. The FREED Act represents a legislative answer to a long-overdue question: how to promote research, treatment, and education and prevention programs on a national level.
FREED will mean Centers of Excellence for research, enforce insurance reimbursement, and establish prevention and education opportunities in schools and for health care professionals.
and sign the petition for equality for people with eating disorders or make a donation to the EDC at eatingdisorderscoalition.org
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