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Dr. Li Xueni

China Chapter Co-President

Li Xueni, MD, graduated from Peking University Health Science Center. She has worked at Peking University Sixth Hospital for nearly 30 years and has been in the field of eating disorders diagnosis, treatment and research for 18 years. In 2006, she participated in the development of a standardized inpatient diagnosis and treatment model for eating disorders. In 2008, she first opened a specialized outpatient clinic for eating disorders. In 2011, she participated in the construction of China’s first specialized ward for eating disorders, which has continued to operate to this day. In 2015, she participated in the compilation of the Chinese Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Eating Disorders. Currently, she serves as the deputy director of the Eating Disorders Diagnosis and Treatment Center and the director of the inpatient unit.

Since 2012, she has devoted a significant amount of her energy to training caregivers in coping skills for eating disorders, establishing support groups for caregivers, and gradually cultivating experienced caregivers to become volunteers, providing support to families with eating disorders in need.

Starting from 2015, she has trained over 20 specialized psychotherapists for eating disorders and maintained ongoing teamwork with more than ten of them, conducting FBT, DBT, and other therapeutic interventions. Since 2020, she has collaborated with nutritionist Zhang Lin and joined the Chinese Nutrition Society, vigorously promoting the development of the profession of specialized nutritionists for eating disorders. In June 2024, along with Zhang Lin, they invited Ms. Elisabeth Peterson to successfully host the first training program for specialized nutritionists in eating disorders.

In terms of promoting public awareness of eating disorders in China through science popularization, she has also made tremendous efforts. Through interviews on television programs, media interviews, video recordings, and course recordings, she has advocated for early identification and coping strategies for eating disorders and related psychosomatic issues, achieving positive social effects.

Her efforts to join iaedp and become an International Chapter Chair of CHINA represent another step forward in promoting international exchanges and securing more resources for the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders.
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Lin Zhang, MS, RDN, CNSC, CEDS

China Chapter Co-President

Lin Zhang, MS, RDN, CNSC,CEDS has been working as a clinical dietitian in United Family Hospitals, which is the most well-known private health care system in China, for 7 years. She specializes in critical care nutrition and has been counseling patients with eating disorders for over 4000 hours. She is very proud of being the first Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS) in China, and is very passionate to promote the awareness of “the importance of nutrition treatment in Eating disorders.”

Lin is a comprehensive clinical dietitian. Her areas of interest include nutrition therapy for critical care, eating disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, trauma and burns, enteral/parental nutrition, weight management, obstetrics and pediatrics’ wellbeing. She started to intensively counsel eating disorders patients in 2018, and has been working as a core member of a multi-disciplinary team on the treatment of many severe anorexic inpatients.

Lin received her master’s degree in Dietetics from Ohio University, completed her residency in Central California, and became a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist (RDN) licensed by both the US Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and the Chinese Nutrition Society in 2017. She is also a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) issued by the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). Lin is a member of AND, the Chinese Nutrition Society, ASPEN, and iaedp.
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Maricarmen Diaz Juarez

Director of International Affairs

Maricarmen Díaz lives in Mexico City. She dedicated most of her professional career – nearly thirty years – to being a university professor and researcher in the field of Law. Her academic and professional preparation comes with a Law degree, a master’s degree in Higher Education and a PhD in Private Law, so her command of Spanish is at a very advanced level. Since 2015, she started with the Spanish translation of the Eating Disorders Review, and since 2020, she has been part of the iaedp™ team as Director of Language and Translation, being the Spanish face of the association. She likes to think that through her work, she helps valuable information reach more people in Spanish-speaking countries who are seeking treatment for recovery from these complex illnesses. Currently, she also has her own company: Your Business in Spanish, a culturally sensitive Spanish translation specializing in mental health and eating disorders. In her free time, she enjoys reading about personal development and novels by Latin American authors, swimming daily and outdoor activities.

maricarmen@iaedpfoundation.com

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