Finance committee  There's limited data, to the best of my knowledge. I can ask some of the consultants and physicians who have been active in this if there are any. To the best of my knowledge there are not. However, there are places, like the London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario. It h

Finance committee  Sure. I'm happy to do that. It's twofold. They're a big burden on the health care system, there's no question about it, because it's continual. If we can prevent it and cure it, we can keep them out of hospital. The second thing that happens, particularly with youth, is that y

Finance committee  It is, absolutely, and it has fallen under the radar of our health care systems for too many years.

Finance committee  It's an excellent question and one that I've asked myself many times. We've looked at it and looked at it. Everyone has an experience, but what we don't have.... I talked earlier about things like the charting that goes on in hospitals. I'll give you another example. When a chi

Finance committee  That's correct. We do not.

Finance committee  No, we're not. We're asking for the money to be put into what could be a number of agencies, but something like the Public Health Agency of Canada could conduct this service. We want the data. We don't have to do it. We're not prepared to do it, but we need the data and we need t

Finance committee  Sure. Absolutely, we brought Michael and his organization into where we are. It's just another cause of suicide among children, as well as death.

Finance committee  That's a good question. As a small organization, or relatively new one, we recognize that any funding for this research should fall under some sort of federal organization to oversee it. In going out into the marketplace, we believe we have two things that have to be done. First

Finance committee  In conclusion, we believe it's an insidious disease that can be prevented and cured, but today it continues to kill people. We welcome and would love your support to help us make the first step to get there.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for letting us present today. I am a volunteer for the NIED organization. I'm here with my associate, Lauren Jawno, who is a founding member of NIED and a recovered eating disorder patient. She also works with people with eating disorders. Who is NIED? NIED