Presidential Document2022-04096
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2022
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February 24, 2022
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February 18, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 37 (Thursday, February 24, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 10675-10676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04096]
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Vol. 87
Thursday,
No. 37
February 24, 2022
Part V
The President
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Proclamation 10340--National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2022
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10340 of February 18, 2022
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week provides an
opportunity to draw attention to one of the most
serious mental health conditions impacting the lives of
Americans and their families today. Eating disorders--
including binge-eating, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia
nervosa--affect people of all backgrounds and genders.
Nearly 1 in 10 Americans are expected to develop an
eating disorder in their lifetime. In recent years,
there has been a troubling surge in eating disorders
among children, older adults, military service members,
and transgender individuals. When undiagnosed or
untreated, eating disorders can have serious--even
fatal--consequences, which is why improving mental
health services and support is so important.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially challenging
for individuals with eating disorders. National eating
disorder hotlines have seen a more than 70 percent
spike in the volume of calls and chats since the
pandemic started. Research shows that the number of
hospitalizations for eating disorders has doubled
during that same time period.
Despite the fact that eating disorders have among the
highest mortality rate of any mental illness, the shame
and stigmatization of eating disorders often prevent
people who are suffering from seeking help. That is why
it is important to make more people aware that, with
early detection and medical intervention, full recovery
from an eating disorder is possible.
My Administration is working to improve access to
treatment, recovery, and social support for everyone
currently living with an eating disorder as well as for
their caregivers, families, and friends. Through the
National Institute of Mental Health, we are working to
develop better therapies and interventions. My
Administration is also working to ensure that eating
disorder care and treatment are treated the same as any
other medical conditions by health insurance plans.
Funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides health care
providers, families, caregivers, and community members
the tools, training, and resources to recognize the
symptoms of an eating disorder so that referrals to
specialty providers and treatment can be provided as
early as possible.
We are also working to increase access to mental health
services and support for young people, who are uniquely
vulnerable to eating disorders. The American Rescue
Plan included $122 billion to help schools reopen
safely, enabling them to support the mental health of
their students. I have also called for doubling the
number of school-based health counselors, social
workers, and nurses. Together, these resources will be
essential to addressing the mental health needs of our
Nation's youth.
To all those families who have watched a loved one face
an eating disorder and to all those who are currently
facing or recovering from an eating disorder--you are
in our hearts and you are not alone. It is within our
power to reduce the burden of eating disorders on the
lives of Americans and their families. As we work
toward these improvements, immediate assistance is
available for those in need of help. The SAMHSA
National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 is a confidential,
free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-days-a-year information and
referral service. For anyone experiencing a crisis,
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immediate help is also available by calling the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 21
through February 27, 2022, as National Eating Disorders
Awareness Week. I encourage citizens, government
agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations,
and other interested groups to join in activities that
will increase awareness of what Americans can do to
prevent eating disorders and improve access to care and
other support services for those currently living with
an eating disorder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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