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Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day. January 20, 2009
EVENTS
Healthy Weight Week. January 18-24, 2009
	Third full week in January. Healthy Weight Week celebrates healthy living habits that last a lifetime and prevent eating and weight problems. It's a time to stop dieting for good. Diets don't work. Our bodies cannot be shaped at will. But we can all be accepting, healthy and happy at our natural weights. <MORE>

	Tuesday of Healthy Weight Week. Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day exposes weight loss fraud and quackery in effort to help educate consumers. Annual Slim Chance Awards highlight the four "worst" weight loss products of the year. <MORE>

Women’s Healthy Weight Day. January 22, 2009
	Thursday of Healthy Weight Week. Women's Healthy Weight Day honors businesses that portray an appreciation of size diversity and promote changes in social attitudes and gender stereotyping by emphasizing a woman’s identity and wholeness. Healthy Weight Awards announced. <MORE>

Eating Disorder Events
	September 2009, NEDA 2009 Eating Disorder Conference National Eating Disorders Association. Materials on treatment and prevention. www.myneda.org November 2009, 19th Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Conference for Professionals www.renfrewcenter.com February 2009: National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, in U.S. National Eating Disorders Association www.nationaleatingdisorders.org February 2009: National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Canada National Eating Disorder Information Centre www.nedic.ca

No Diet Day. May 6, 2009
	May 6, every year. A day to stop dieting, to celebrate body acceptance and size diversity. www.hugs.com ; www.eskimo.com/~largesse