text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
       This Act may be cited as the ``Eating Disorders Awareness, 
  Prevention, and Education Act of 2003''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
       Congress finds the following:
              (1) An estimated 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 women and girls 
          and 1,000,000 men and boys suffer from eating disorders, 
          including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating 
          disorder, as well as eating disorders that are not otherwise 
          defined.
              (2) Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by 
          self-starvation and excessive weight loss.
              (3) An estimated .5 to 3.7 percent of American women will 
          suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime.
              (4) Anorexia Nervosa is associated with serious health 
          consequences including heart failure, kidney failure, 
          osteoporosis, and death.
              (5) Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate of all 
          psychiatric disorders. A young woman is 12 times more likely to 
          die than other women her age without Anorexia.
              (6) Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by 
          excessive food consumption followed by inappropriate 
          compensatory behaviors, such as self-induced vomiting, misuse 
          of laxatives, fasting, or excessive exercise.
              (7) Bulimia Nervosa is common: an estimated 1.1 to 4.2 
          percent of American women will suffer from this disorder in 
          their lifetime.
              (8) Bulimia Nervosa is associated with cardiac, 
          gastrointestinal, and dental problems including irregular 
          heartbeats, gastric rupture, peptic ulcer, and tooth decay.
              (9) Binge Eating Disorder is characterized by frequent 
          episodes of uncontrolled overeating.
              (10) Binge Eating Disorder is common: an estimated 2 to 5 
          percent of Americans experience this disorder in a 6-month 
          period.
              (11) Binge Eating is associated with obesity, heart 
          disease, gall bladder disease, and diabetes.
              (12) Eating disorders usually appear in adolescence and are 
          associated with substantial psychological problems, including 
          depression, substance abuse, and suicide.
              (13) Forty-two percent of 1st through 3d grade girls want 
          to be thinner, and 81 percent of 10-year-old children are 
          afraid of being fat.
              (14) Thirty-five percent of dieters progress to 
          pathological dieting, and 20 to 25 percent of these individuals 
          progress to partial or full syndrome eating disorders.
              (15) Eating disorders can lead to death. According to the 
          National Institute of Mental Health, 1 in 10 people with 
          anorexia nervosa will die of starvation, cardiac arrest, or 
          other medical complications.
              (16) Eating disorders can have a negative impact on the 
          educational advancement of a student, a situation often 
          overlooked and rarely addressed in our Nation's schools.
              (17) Educational efforts to prevent eating disorders are of 
          primary importance to the health, well being and academic 
          success of our Nation's students.
              (18) Females are much more likely than males to develop an 
          eating disorder. An estimated 5 to 15 percent of people with 
          anorexia or bulimia and an estimated 35 percent of people with 
          binge-eating disorder are male.
  
  SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
  
       The purposes of this Act are the following:
              (1) To provide States, local school districts, and parents 
          with the means and flexibility to improve awareness of, 
          identify, and help students with eating disorders.
              (2) To help ensure that such individuals receive a quality 
          education and secure their chance for a bright future.
  
  SEC. 4. INNOVATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF, TRAINING ON, 
                AND EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF EATING DISORDERS.
  
      Section 5131(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
  1965 (20 U.S.C. 7215(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
              ``(28) Programs to improve the identification of students 
          with eating disorders, increase awareness of such disorders 
          among parents and students, and train educators (such as 
          teachers, school nurses, school social workers, coaches, school 
          counselors, and administrators) on effective eating disorder 
          prevention and assistance methods.''.
  
  SEC. 5. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
  
       The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of 
  Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health, shall 
  carry out a program to develop, distribute, and promote the 
  broadcasting of public service announcements to improve public 
  awareness, and to promote the identification and prevention, of eating 
  disorders.
  
  SEC. 6. EATING DISORDER RESEARCH AND REPORT.
  
       Not later than 18 months after the enactment of this Act, the 
  National Center for Education Statistics and the National Center for 
  Health Statistics shall conduct a study on the impact eating disorders 
  have on educational advancement and achievement. The study shall--
              (1) determine the prevalence of eating disorders among 
          students and the morbidity and mortality rates associated with 
          eating disorders;
              (2) evaluate the extent to which students with eating 
          disorders are more likely to miss school, have delayed rates of 
          development, or have reduced cognitive skills;
              (3) report on current State and local programs to educate 
          youth about the dangers of eating disorders, as well as 
          evaluate the value of such programs; and
              (4) make recommendations on measures that could be 
          undertaken by Congress, the Department of Education, States, 
          and local educational agencies to strengthen eating disorder 
          prevention and awareness programs.
target: Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of innovative assistance funds for programs to: (1) improve identification of students with eating disorders; (2) increase awareness of such disorders among parents and students; and (3) train educators with respect to effective eating disorder prevention and assistance methods.Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to broadcast public service announcements to improve public awareness, and to promote the identification and prevention, of eating disorders.Requires the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Center for Health Statistics to: (1) study the impact eating disorders have on educational advancement and achievement; (2) report on current State and local programs to educate youth on the dangers of eating disorders; and (3) recommend Federal, State, and local measures that could be undertaken.
feat_title: To amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to raise awareness of eating disorders and to create educational programs concerning the same, and for other purposes.