Rio International Eating Disorders and Obesity Conference 2010.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 & 20 November 2010

Dear Colleague
We are delighted to announce this exciting new event ‘Rio International Eating Disorders and Obesity Conference
2010’ which will be organised by The British Journal of Hospital Medicine in association with PROATA (Programa de
Orientação e Assistência aos Pacientes com Transtornos Alimentares) PROTAD (Projeto de Ensino, Assistência e
Pesquisa em Transtornos Alimentares na Infância e Adolescência) and CEPPAN (Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em
Psicanálise da Anorexia e Bulimia), being held on 19th & 20th November 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Our programme planners, Professor Bryan Lask and Dr Rachel Bryant-Waugh are both leading authorities in the field
of eating disorders. This event will bring together speakers and delegates from around the world to discuss key topical
issues in the field of eating disorders and obesity and will offer you a unique chance to update and extend your
current skills. The high quality of their teaching as well as their clinical knowledge and expertise will be invaluable to
the information gained over the 2 days.

Two of the world’s leading eating disorders experts, Professor Christopher G. Fairburn, Wellcome Principal Research
Fellow and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Professor Kelly Brownell, Professor of Psychology,
Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University will be giving our keynote presentations.
There will be 2 plenary sessions lead by international specialists on Eating Disorders and Obesity, workshops on clinical
skills, co-morbidity and personality, medication, recovery, children and adolescents, assessment, prevention, males,
socio-cultural factors and neuroscience as well as short paper sessions and posters.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN
Please go to www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk to register your submissions
Abstracts can ONLY be submitted online and must not exceed 400 words.
Re workshops – workshops will be in all 3 languages (but no simultaneous translation). Thus delegates must submit
their abstracts in English but can indicate in which language they wish to present.

Vedlegg: Rio Eating Disorders Letter151209.pdf