Abstract Submissions
Abstract submissions deadline for:
Abstract Submissions will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. All applicants will be notified whether their abstract was accepted or otherwise, through the email address supplied. Adjudication is based on a number of factors including scientific and practical merit. Please notify us of any change in email address.
If you have not received a response to your application by the relevant dates, contact [email protected]. It is the responsibility of the abstract submitter to notify ANZAED in the unlikely event that your application was not received.
- Workshop, Oral & Poster submissions - CLOSED (outcomes will be notified on Wednesday 15 May)
Abstract Submissions will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. All applicants will be notified whether their abstract was accepted or otherwise, through the email address supplied. Adjudication is based on a number of factors including scientific and practical merit. Please notify us of any change in email address.
If you have not received a response to your application by the relevant dates, contact [email protected]. It is the responsibility of the abstract submitter to notify ANZAED in the unlikely event that your application was not received.
Inclusivity Invitation: We embrace and encourage diversity in many forms and are committed to promoting greater inclusivity amongst our members and community. We define diversity as people of different cultural backgrounds, races, genders, sexual orientations, body sizes, religions, socio-economic statuses, abilities, and more. We place a special emphasis on equitable health outcomes for indigenous populations who may experience an eating disorder or who may supporting someone with an eating disorder. We urge you to consider how your practice and/or research will positively impact the indigenous population of the land that you reside and ensure their voice is heard. We define inclusivity as an approach where we respect, welcome, encourage and engage diverse perspectives, and in particular are highly committed to deeply listening to the perspectives of those with lived experience and from marginalised groups. We are committed to upholding inclusivity by speaking and acting in ways which afford every person respectful and considerate care, free of bias and stigma. In delivering your presentation we invite you to read and consider this Inclusivity Invitation. We invite you to consider the language that you may be using to describe bodies (including size, gender, age, sexual orientation, ability etc.) and be inclusive and considerate. Specifically, we invite you to be mindful of any medicalising or pathologizing of bodies (e.g., “obese”, “anorexic”) and instead consider other ways of describing bodies in a more neutral and inclusive way.
Some examples you may consider are:
If you are interested in learning more about the topic of inclusivity, please refer to this article on terms to avoid or reconsider in the eating disorders field.
A Presenters guide will also be made available by ANZAED.
Some examples you may consider are:
- Rather than using terms such as “anorexic” or “bulimic” we invite you to use the terminology “person with anorexia” or “person with bulimia”.
- Rather saying “obese” or “obesity” or “person with obesity” we invite you to consider using terms such as “person with a BMI over 30” or “person at higher weight” or “people in larger bodies.” Similarly, we may say “low weight” rather than “underweight” or we may say “BMI under 20”.
If you are interested in learning more about the topic of inclusivity, please refer to this article on terms to avoid or reconsider in the eating disorders field.
A Presenters guide will also be made available by ANZAED.
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Instructions & conditions:
Abstracts are limited to 250 words and must provide a succinct overview of your presentation. Define all abbreviations and concepts in your abstract at first use. Abstracts should represent original work. This does not preclude the use of data that has been previously submitted, however, some aspect of the abstract should be unique. It is the presenters' responsibility to ensure that any research, dissemination of findings, and presentations adhere to ethical standards (e.g., does not include identifying information of any participant or client) Note that the Abstract becomes the copyright of ANZAED, and will appear in the Conference Program in written &/or electronic form, on the conference website and/or in any conference proceedings or related publications. The presentation may also be videotaped for dissemination by ANZAED for free or at cost, unless expressly refused by the presenter/s. Please ensure the following before submitting an abstract:
The following areas will be considered by reviewers when scoring your abstract submissions:
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Tips for writing a good abstractPRESENTATION TIPS:
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Note: Presenting authors for Oral, Poster and Workshop presentations are required to register for the conference and pay the full/applicable fee. Presenting authors should be listed under "List all Presenters" section of the submission form.
Oral Presentations:
Oral presentations should be of 15 minutes duration (10-12 minute presentations & 3-5 minute discussion). Depending on submission numbers, presentations may be shortened to 10 minutes. Presenters will be advised of this upon acceptance.
Presentations will be concurrent sessions and grouped together around broad themes, like:
Papers submitted for presentation will be 'peer-reviewed' by members of the scientific committee. Should the number of submissions exceed the number of places available, acceptance will depend on both overall rating scores and ranking within the presentations on the same topic. Non-acceptance may reflect the possibility that other paper topics are deemed more suitable for the audience, rather than quality. This is particularly true for workshops.
Oral papers that exceed the ranking and topic constraints may be offered a Poster presentation instead.
Oral presentations should be of 15 minutes duration (10-12 minute presentations & 3-5 minute discussion). Depending on submission numbers, presentations may be shortened to 10 minutes. Presenters will be advised of this upon acceptance.
Presentations will be concurrent sessions and grouped together around broad themes, like:
- Epidemiology and Health Economics
- Risk & Maintenance factors; Biology, Psychology, Gender, Ethnicity and Sociocultural Influences
- Prevention and Early Intervention
- Body Image, Weight Attitudes, Weight Stigma
- Service Initiatives, Protocols and Program Evaluation
- Emerging Ideas in Research and Practice
- Evidence-Based and Informed Treatment
- Innovative, Embodied & Creative Therapies
- Diagnosis, Classification, and Measurement: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID, OSFED, Disordered Eating
- Carers and Community Involvement
- Diagnosis, Classification, and Measurement
- Children, Youth & Families
- Specific populations; transgender people, treatment resistant ED
- Other
Papers submitted for presentation will be 'peer-reviewed' by members of the scientific committee. Should the number of submissions exceed the number of places available, acceptance will depend on both overall rating scores and ranking within the presentations on the same topic. Non-acceptance may reflect the possibility that other paper topics are deemed more suitable for the audience, rather than quality. This is particularly true for workshops.
Oral papers that exceed the ranking and topic constraints may be offered a Poster presentation instead.
Poster Presentations:
All posters should be no larger than Standard ISO A0 size (841mm x 1189mm). The poster will be mounted on VERTICALLY ASSIGNED boards.
Suggestions
All posters should be no larger than Standard ISO A0 size (841mm x 1189mm). The poster will be mounted on VERTICALLY ASSIGNED boards.
Suggestions
- Posters should be professionally printed and on one sheet only.
- The top line(s) should give the title of your abstract with lettering not less than 2.5 cm/72 points high.
- The next line(s) should indicate the authors and their affiliations.
- Continue with the introduction, methods, results and discussion as appropriate. A poster should end with conclusions.
- Handouts and/or reduced photocopies of your poster for distribution to interested delegates, are always appreciated and should be prepared in advance of the meeting.
In-conference Workshops:
Workshops will have a substantial practical element. They are usually clinical in focus, but research based workshops will be considered if they focus on research methodology.
They will have an interactive format to facilitate active learning, such as discussion, activities, small group role plays. They must include practical material such as "how to" guides and vignettes.
Workshops will be 90 minute duration including a minimum of 30 minutes of activity and discussion.
In your submission please add information about the proposed format, including activities (including time allocated) and roles of each presenter (maximum of 3).
Workshops will have a substantial practical element. They are usually clinical in focus, but research based workshops will be considered if they focus on research methodology.
They will have an interactive format to facilitate active learning, such as discussion, activities, small group role plays. They must include practical material such as "how to" guides and vignettes.
Workshops will be 90 minute duration including a minimum of 30 minutes of activity and discussion.
In your submission please add information about the proposed format, including activities (including time allocated) and roles of each presenter (maximum of 3).
