| Posted On: | 10/12/2010 | |
| Closing On: | 11/12/2010 | |
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Are you or your loved one struggling with anorexia, bulimia, compulsive binge eating, or other eating disorder? GRB, the producers of INTERVENTION, and Tracey Gold want to help you get real help through this new, important and transformational documentary TV series.
Tracey Gold, Actress and Recovered Anorexic, takes us on an emotional journey as she strives to help real people in crisis. Working with established eating disorder clinics in Southern California, Tracey will use cutting edge motivational exercises and her own personal experiences to motivate change in the dangerous behaviors of people on the brink. Along with some of the country’s leading eating disorder professionals, Tracey will act as a mentor, guide and coach and enter into the lives of damaged families to discover and root out the causes of life-threatening disorders, and she pushes people to face their problems head-on and accept responsibility to change.
We are looking for women and men over 18 years old who live in the Los Angeles area to get the help they need and to help millions more by sharing their story on a groundbreaking new series from the people behind INTERVENTION.
In exchange for their participation they will receive up to 90 days of out patient treatment at a leading eating disorder facility.
* It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men
* One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia
* Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia
* Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder
* Only 1 in 10 people with eating disorders receive treatment