Buffalo Organization Marks National Eating Disorders Week

By WKBW News

February 28, 2012 Updated Feb 28, 2012 at 11:37 PM EDT


(WKBW) The week of February 26th marks National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.

Jewish Family Service of Buffalo and Erie County offers a lifeline of confidential, compassionate support, helping people and their families with diagnosis and treatment.

Eating disorders are a group of serious conditions in which a person is so preoccupied with food and weight they have trouble focusing on anything else.

They affect males and females of every age, from pre-teens to seniors and can be life-threatening.

Jewish Family Service of Buffalo & Erie County is located at 70 Barker Street in Buffalo. To make an appointment, or for more information about treatment and counseling for eating disorders, call 883-1914.

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