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Title: Preventing Eating Disorders; Public Health Approaches to Reducing Risk and Promoting Equity

Description: This talk will explore eating disorder prevention through a public health lens, highlighting risk and protective factors. We will discuss upstream drivers and examine strategies to reduce risk and promote equity at individual, community, and policy levels.

Biography: Dr. Sonneville is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the director of the Center of Excellence for Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Dr. Sonneville also holds an adjunct appointment at Harvard Medical School and is a Collaborating Mentor for the Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED) at Boston Children's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Sonneville is a registered dietitian, behavioral scientist, and public health researcher whose research focuses on the prevention of eating disorders among children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Sonneville uses a weight-inclusive framework to study how to promote health and well-being without inadvertently increasing body dissatisfaction, disordered eating, and weight stigma.