Untangling the Web of Disordered Eating and Weight Disorders
8th NH Eating Disorders Conference
Presented by Plymouth State University’s Eating Disorders Institute and Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation. This year’s conference was on Thursday, September 20, and Friday, September 21, at the beautiful Church Landing at Mill Falls in Meredith, NH. This two-day conference focuses on new knowledge, tools, and strategies for eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder (BED), as well as prevention programs. There will be 17 sessions including two keynote speakers and 25 leading eating disorders experts from more than 11 eating disorders treatment centers across the country. Contact Dr. Mardie Burckes-Miller for more information.
Mardie Burckes-Miller EdD CHES, CEDS, FAED
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE EATING DISORDERS INSTITUTE
Dr. Burckes-Miller has spent more than 43 years teaching health education at the college level and more than 36 years in the field of eating disorders. She is a professor in health education and eating disorders and director of the Plymouth State University Eating Disorders Institute program in New Hampshire and Arizona. She teaches Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention and
is supervisor of all clinical experiences. She was awarded 2008 Fellow status in the Academy of Eating Disorders for her national recognition as a distinguished contributor to the field of eating disorders, and was a pioneer in research on athletes and eating disorders and development of the Eating Disorders Institute graduate program. She has been a coordinator of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week for 21 years and has coordinated
seven eating disorders regional conferences. Dr. Burckes-Miller has presented more than 100 lectures nationally/internationally
on wellness and eating disorders issues. She supervises student facilitators for the Body Project program, one of the first eating disorder prevention programs, and is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Certified Intrinsic Solutions Coach and Certified Wellness 360 Coach.
