Eating and Weight Disorders

About-Face.org Creative, colorful, very easy to maneuver site about the impact of advertising on body image. Fascinating. Media literacy organization which combats negative and distorted images of women.

Academy for Eating Disorders For E.D. professional; promotes effective treatment, develops prevention initiatives, stimulates research, sponsors international conference and regional workshops.

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders Distributes listing of therapists, hospitals, and informative materials; sponsors support groups, conference, research, and a crisis hotline. Quarterly newsletter.

BeyondHunger.org Education for individuals with eating orders.

TheBodyPositive.org A unique and very helpful site concerned with body acceptance. Easy-to-use worksheets about listening to your own body. Mission is to reduce preoccupation with culture's unrealistic beauty ideals and promote body acceptance.

Bulimia.com Established in 1980, Gurze Books is a small publishing company that specializes in eating disorders publications and education. Through this site, you can order Gurze books, as well as most other boooks, videos and audiotapes about eating problems and body image issues. They carry th book like I always recommend first to concerned families and friend: Surviving an Eating Disorder, by Siegel, Brisman, and Weinshel. Gurze also offers many more resources, including an extensive set of links to helpful organizations, treatment facilities, and other eating disorder web sites.

Council on Size and Weight Discrimination, Inc Consumer advocates for larger people, especially in the areas of medical treatment, job discrimination, and media images.

DadsAndDaughters.org Mission is to strengthen relationships with daughters and transform the pervasive messages that value daughters more for how they look than who they are.

Eating Addictions Anonymous

National Eating Disorders Association This site is the online home of EDAP, the nation's largest non-profit devoted to the awareness and prevention of eating disorders. EDAP is best known as the sponsor of Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), a national outreach campaign. You can also find information here about other excellent programs and resources, which include: a toll-free information and referral hotline (800-931-2237), Healthy Body Image (for elementary grades) and GO GIRLS (for high school age women).

Eating Disorder Recovery Online

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center Provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders.

Healing Connections, Inc A non-profit organization that strives to save lives through education, prevention, intervention, advocacy, and financial assistance for people with anorexia and bulimia.

Harvard Eating Disorders Center A non-profit organization dedicated to research, professional training, educator conferences, school-based prevention programs, and community outreach.

International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals A membership organization for professionals: provides certification, education, local chapters, a newsletter, and an annual symposium.

The National Eating Disorders Screening Program A program of the National Mental Illness Screening Project. Free and anonymous public outreach and education program.

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, Inc Advocacy group. Membership, newsletter, educational materials, regional chapters, annual convention, pen-pal program.

National Center for Overcoming Overeating Committed to curing compulsive overeating and achieving self-acceptance no matter what your size.

Overeaters Anonymous A 12-step, self-help fellowship. Free local meetings. Us Web site or check your local telephone directory for a chapter near you.

RealWomenProject.com Focus is on the healing and well-being of women.

The Renfrew Center An innovative resource in education and treatment for eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia and compulsvie overeating; trauma, anxiety, depression and women's issues.

Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders By far the most comprehensive eating disorder site on the Internet, Something Fishy was started in 1995 by a recovered anorexic and her husband. It has something for everyone who is concerned about eating disorders. The site is sensitive, supportive and very personal. On the In Loving Memory page, you can read dozens of memorials created to honor women and men "who have died at the hands of an eating disorder." You can also find in depth information on specific issues (e.g., ballet dancers, pregnancy, and medications), regularly scheduled chats, and links of all sorts.

We Insist on Natural Shapes Dedicated to education and media advocacy. Quarterly newsletter, high school body image video.

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