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The world’s largest rehabilitation centre

Sanad Village, the world’s first and largest rehabilitation and education center for understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), hosts its first open day in The Sustainable City…reports Asian Lite News

Sanad Village is pleased to announce a nationwide open day, welcoming guests and visitors for guided tours of the facility.

Sanad Village is the region’s largest centre dedicated to understanding autism and other related disorders. The 30,000 square metre facility includes a variety of amenities to build life skills within a safe space. There are simulated real-life scenarios as well as creative spaces and areas dedicated to exercise and play.

The open day – set to take place on August 21 – will allow guests to explore the facility and meet the staff. Inside the village, visitors will see the classrooms, therapy rooms and residential areas as well as crucial areas for learning such as the library, indoor and outdoor exercise facilities, sensory-adapted movie-theatre and the simulated living areas such as the mall, airport, kitchen and police station.

In the wider grounds of The Sustainable City, visitors will see that Sanad Village students have access to an animal sanctuary, urban farm, equestrian facilities, playgrounds and green areas.

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Sanad Village offers a holistic, comprehensive and integrated approach towards Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) providing pathways into society for individuals and a support system that focuses on the whole family. Sanad is dedicated to building a strong and lasting foundation for a productive life by optimising the potential of each child.

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For registered visitors to the Open Day, free consultations will be available with our team of professionals who are on hand to assess the needs of your child and the best course of action for helping them to transition towards independence.

The Open Day will also be a fun day out for all the family with activities such as water balloons, face painting, bouncy castle, cookie decoration and pony rides.

Re-emergence of eating disorders

For the study, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, the team included over 700 respondents…reports Asian Lite News.

Pandemic brought huge changes in the whole life style of people. A new research into the lingering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed correlations to six unhealthy eating behaviours.

The study found six key themes of eating behaviour changes — mindless eating and snacking; increased food consumption; generalized decrease in appetite or dietary intake; eating to cope; pandemic-related reductions in dietary intake and a re-emergence or marked increase in eating disorder symptoms.

The researchers said that the most concerning findings are a slight increase or the re-emergence of eating disorders, which kill roughly 10,200 people every year — about one person every 52 minutes.

“Eating disorders have one of the highest mortality rates across all psychiatric health concerns and therefore, it is important to try to make links between the consequences of the pandemic and disordered eating behaviours,” said researcher Melissa Simone from the University of Minnesota.

For the study, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, the team included over 700 respondents.

The study aimed to understand potential associations between stress, psychological distress, financial difficulties and changes in eating behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic through the analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data.

Approximately 8 per cent of those studied reported extreme unhealthy weight control behaviours, 53 per cent had less extreme unhealthy weight control behaviours and 14 per cent reported binge eating.

The study also revealed that these outcomes were significantly associated with poorer stress management, greater depressive symptoms and moderate or extreme financial difficulties.

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