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Eating Disorders
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Kathy Bruin.
- Specific information on how women can change their attitudes towards their bodies while developing a critical awareness of destructive images and attitudes in the mass media.
- Gallery of “offenders? Ads that glorify starving women.
- Links to relevant Web sites.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Academy for Eating Disorders, a multidisciplinary professional association.
- Includes membership information.
- Information about the Academy’s conferences.
- Full text of some of the Academy’s newsletters.
American Anorexia Bulimia Association
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: American Anorexia Bulimia Association.
- FAQs about eating disorders.
- Information about the Association’s eating disorders screening program.
- Annotated bibliography of selected books for nonprofessionals about eating disorders.
Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc., a nonprofit organization.
- Detailed, well-written FAQ section for nonprofessionals about eating disorders.
- Links to related Web sites, with brief descriptions.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Debora Burgard, Ph.D.
- Focuses on achieving positive attitudes about one’s body by defining ?‘healthy weight?not from a generic height/weight chart or even arbitrary Body Mass Index cut-offs, but rather as the weight your body is when you are living a reasonable life.?
- Some descriptive information about the “Body Positive?approach, along with links that market workshops.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Referral Services (NY).
- Extensive links to relevant Web sites, online articles, and news items, but without descriptive information about the hyperlinks.
Dimensions Magazine’s 500 Top Size-Acceptance Links
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Dimensions Magazine.
- Extensive links, with brief descriptions, to mostly noncommercial sites advocating “fat acceptance."
Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: 1-800-Therapist, a referral network that charges therapists an annual membership fee and provides prospective clients with free referrals to network members.
- Information in outline format for nonprofessionals.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Eating Disorders Association (UK), a charity that offers telephone hotlines, support resources, and groups.
- FAQ section about how to help a friend who has an eating disorder.
- Lengthy fact sheet about the general topic of eating disorders, and about specific types of eating disorders.
Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc., a nonprofit organization that engages in educational activities and community action.
- Describes educational curricula and other print/audio materials to enhance awareness and prevention of eating disorders.
- FAQs about eating disorders, including guidelines to encourage more responsible coverage of eating disorders. A therapist who is interviewed by the media about eating disorders might want to print out the guidelines for the reporter’s use.
- Links to relevant Web sites, with brief descriptions.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: FoodFit.Com, a commercial organization.
- Recipes and practical information concerning healthy eating and fitness.
- Links to relevant Web sites.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Gürze Books, a publisher specializing in eating disorders.
- Online catalog of books and videos.
- Links to Web sites concerning treatment and prevention of eating disorders.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: HUGS International.
- Offers licensed program for nondieting approaches for helping people to develop healthy eating habits.
- Links, with descriptions, to Web sites with a similar philosophy.
International Size Acceptance Organization
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: International Size Acceptance Organization.
- Links promoting acceptance of large-sized people.
Lucy Serpell’s Eating Disorder Resources
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Lucy Serpell, a researcher and Ph.D. student.
- Focuses especially on academic and professional online resources for eating disorders, especially those in the UK.
- Links to online articles, treatment programs, newsgroups, and mailing lists.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders, a nonprofit support organization for people with eating disorders and their families.
- Fact sheets about eating disorders, including one on confronting a person with an eating disorder.
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, a nonprofit organization aiming to end discrimination against overweight people.
- Describes events, conventions, and publications of the Association.
- Policy statements on conflicts of interest among obesity researchers, weight loss drugs, and other topics.
National Eating Disorder Information Centre
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Eating Disorder Information Centre (CA).
- FAQ section for nonprofessionals about eating disorders.
- Brief guide for family and friends of people with eating disorders.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Overeaters Anonymous World Service Office.
- A self-help program to manage compulsive overeating that is patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Renfrew Center, a women’s mental health center specializing in eating disorders with multiple locations on the East Coast of the U.S.
- Includes articles for professionals from the Center’s journal.
- Offers conferences, workshops, and training materials for professionals.
Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Something Fishy Music & Publishing.
- Online articles and links for nonprofessionals.
Unbinding the Body Betrayed WebRing
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Paul Bentivegna.
- Directory, with brief descriptions, for over one hundred Web sites of widely varying quality dealing with abuse, eating issues, and mental health.
Women’s Campaign to End Body Hatred and Dieting
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌs: Jane R. Hirschmann, M.S.W.; Carol H. Munter (NY).
- Information about ending the yo-yo dieting cycle by identifying “bad body thoughts?and changing them to an empowering and positive perspective on one’s appearance.
- Links to treatment resources in various parts of the U.S. that teach this method to clients via workshops.
- Links to Web sites that encourage “fat acceptance.?
Yahoo! Health: Anorexia Nervosa
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Yahoo! Inc.
- Summarizes symptoms (not completely the same as those in DSM-IV), complications, and a few links to relevant Web sites.