All are welcome to July's Science Cafe' Cleveland:

Does the U.S. export eating disorders along with Coca-Cola and McDonald's?

Featuring:

Eileen Anderson-Fye, Ed.D. (Dept. of Anthropology, CWRU)Lisa Damour,
Ph.D. (Director of Center for Research on Girls at Laurel School;
Consulting Psychologist, Laurel School, Faculty in Departments of
Psychology at CWRU and John Carroll)

Date: July 12, 2010
Time: Drinks start at 6:30 PM, discussion starts around 7:00 PM
Location: Tasting Room, Great Lakes Brewing Company (2701 Carroll Ave,
Cleveland)

Many believe that the U.S. has exported thin body ideals and related
eating disorders around the world, much as it has exported other
products. Given that eating disorders are the most deadly of all
psychiatric disorders, this claim is a serious one. The World Health
Organization has flagged these disorders as an increasing problem in
global mental health worldwide, particularly among adolescent girls.
Such conversations occur in a context where there is a large debate
about the "Americanization" of psychiatric disorder more generally. The
anthropological, psychological, and psychiatric literature on this issue
show a nuanced picture of the various routes and processes by which
eating disorders do and do not take hold cross-culturally.