Dr. Peebles is an Assistant Professor in the Craig Dalsimer Division
of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. She is the
Medical Director and the Director of Research and Quality of the Eating
Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program at The Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia. She also serves as a member of the professional
advisory panel for F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting
Treatment of Eating Disorders), an international organization of
parents and caregivers that promotes advocacy, education, and
evidence-based treatment of eating disorders in young people. Her
research focuses on disordered eating in teens of diverse weight
ranges, body composition changes during states of weight dysregulation,
and how the Internet can be used to both help and harm young people as
they try to approach a healthy weight.
The conference will be
held on August 27, from 6-8 pm in the teen center on the grounds of the
Y at 2500 Lower State Road, Doylestown. It is free to the community
but pre-registration is recommended. Participants can register online
or at the Welcome Center of the Y. For information on the educational
workshop and other programs at the Y, connect with the Y at
215.348.8131 or www.cbfymca.org.
