The cycle of meetings dedicated to eating disorders curated by CUS Trieste

Will close on Thursday 20 March 2025 at the University of Trieste the meeting, open to all and with free admission, entitled ‘Male eating disorders also in the sporting context’ will be held to close the initiative that is part of the project ‘Inclusion and Sporting Wellbeing’

This is the third and last appointment that will be followed by new initiatives of this kind to continue to keep attention high on such a topical and delicate issue. The cycle of meetings dedicated to Eating Disorders, conceived by Cus Trieste with the fundamental support of the FederCUSI and the collaboration of the Food for Mind Trieste Centre, draws to a close with the third and final stage on Thursday 20 March at 5 p.m. in the Aula Piccola of Building C6 of the University of Trieste in Via Alfonso Valerio n.8/3: the title of the theme is ‘Male eating disorders also in the sports context’ and Marco Folla, psychologist and psychotherapist, and Victoria Bertucci, nutritionist biologist, will be speaking.

The series of meetings, organised by Cus Trieste with the support of the Food for Mind Trieste Centre, is part of the initiatives of the ‘Inclusion and Sport Wellbeing’ project implemented by Cus Trieste with the support of the Italian Federation of University Sport (FederCUSI). The project was created with the aim of fostering social integration and promoting healthy lifestyles through inclusive sports activities and in-depth discussions dedicated to health and accessibility.

'Nutrition,' stresses Cus Trieste President Michele Pipan, 'is a sensitive issue that is becoming increasingly important in our society, even more so with the aftermath of the pandemic period. As a Cus, we have a duty to spread sporting activity and, at the same time, good practices to promote the physical and psychological well-being of our students'.

Donatella De Colle, coordinator of the Food for Mind Trieste Centre, explains: 'We will analyse male eating disorders, which differ in their nature and content, although the underlying processes are the same as those affecting the female gender. In the male gender, disorders also arise from a deep disconnection between one's inner emotional world and the idea of having to be and appear in a specific way in front of society'. 'If in the second meeting,' adds De Colle, 'we focused on general eating disorders, involving both genders, this Thursday we will go into the specifics of the sports context and its structures that can become the cause of male eating disorders. Male eating disorders, and this is something to bear in mind when tackling the topic, are more difficult to detect because the emotional element is usually less compelling'.

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