Middle East Eating Disorders Association Podcast MEEDA

In this episode, MEEDA's VP Carine El Khazen receives Ricardo Karam. Mr Karam is a talk-show host, public speaker, writer and advocate of promoting Arab achievement and social causes. In 2010, Mr Karam decided to take storytelling to the next level and use it as a means of creating impact. He created TAKREEM Foundation, which aims to honor Arab accomplishments and bring Arab achievers to the forefront of the global stage.With Carine, Mr Karam discusses about:- Changing the perception of...

In this episode, MEEDA discusses women's mental health with Nadia Al Sayed. Nadia Al-Sayed is a British-Kuwaiti-Palestinian anthropologist and cultural consultant. Born and raised in North London, she spent her teenage years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She currently lives between London and Kuwait. Nadia recently founded ‘Daloo3a series’, a platform to discuss issues and affairs that affect women of the SWANA region, their diasporas and beyond, and raise the literacy women have on their bod...

Today, 2nd June 2022, is World Eating Disorder Action Day!The theme this year is "Caring for the carer"On this occasion, the MEEDA podcast interviewed 3 carers about their experience supporting a loved one recovering from an Eating Disorder: Leila helped her sister and husband, Atul his daughter and Carrie her daughter. They bravely share their intimate stories of diagnosis, treatment and recovery, their challenges as carers, how they managed to stay strong and focused, what they would say to...

In this episode, MEEDA interviews Consultant Dermatologist and author Dr Natalia Spierings about:- Skin health and disordered eating / eating disorders- Online imagery and how it impacts our vision of beauty- Cosmetic surgery- Who to trust when it comes to skin health online- The forces at play in our feeds and what creates our beauty insecuritiesYou can find Dr Natalia Spierings via @drnataliaspierings on Instagramor via www.drnataliaspierings.com: https://drnataliaspierings.com/Dr Spierings...

In this episode, MEEDA VP Carine El Khazen meets Dr Jason Lavender. Dr. Jason Lavender, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the Deputy Director of Research for the Military Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (MiCOR) Program with the Metis Foundation. Dr. Lavender’s research broadly focuses on elucidating risk/maintenance factors for eating and weight disorders, particularly emotion and emotion dys...

In this episode, MEEDA volunteer and certified Eating Psychology Coach Florence Gillet interviews Dr Riccardo Dalle Grave, Director of the Department of Eating and Weight Disorders at Villa Garda Hospital (Lago Di Garda, Italy).In collaboration with Professor Christopher Fairburn, Dr Dalle Grave developed an original inpatient treatment for eating disorders based entirely on enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E), an adaptation of CBT-E for adolescents with eating disorders, and the CBT...