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- Abbreviations and Glossary
Abbreviations and glossary of terms commonly used when discussing eating disorders.
- Eating Disorders
Each year, more than 5 million Americans are affected by serious and often life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, binge-eating, bulimia nervosa, compulsive eating, obesity, and pica. Left untreated, the emotional, psychological and physical consequences can be devastating, even fatal. Eating disorders know no class, cultural, or gender boundaries and can affect men, women, adolescents, and even children, from all walks of life.
- Eating Disorders: Facts About Eating Disorders
A detailed booklet from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that describes symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping.
- Eating Disorders: Facts for Teens
An eating disorder is an obsession with food and weight that harms a person's well-being. Although we all worry about our weight sometimes, people with an eating disorder go to extremes to keep from gaining weight. There are two main eating disorders: anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
- Eating With Your Anorexic
Information about family-based therapy for eating disorders, or the Maudsley approach.
- Information About Eating Disorders
Northern Illinois University has a nationally recognized treatment model for those with eating disorders and utilizes a multidisciplinary team approach. This teams philosophy is that individuals with eating disorders are best served by having caregivers from a variety of disciplines who can address the psychological, medical, nutritional, and other aspects of the eating disorder.
- Laura Collins' Eating Disorders Blog
The author of "Eating With Your Anorexic" is a mom on a mission to dispel the myths associated with anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders.
- Mirror Mirror
Eating disorders afflict millions of people, thousands of which will die from them yearly. There is good news though, eating disorders can be beaten. You do not have to be a prisoner to this anymore. You have the power within yourself to beat this and you will. Recovery takes a lot of time and hard work, but in the end it is all worth it. You will finally be free and you will love yourself.
- National Association of Anorexia Nervosa
The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, Inc. is a non-profit corporation which seeks to alleviate the problems of eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. ANAD strives to educate the general public and professionals in the health care field to be more aware of the illnesses relating to eating disorders and methods of treatment.
- National Eating Disorders Association
The National Eating Disorders Association is the largest nonprofit organization in the U.S. dedicated to expanding public understanding of eating disorders and promoting access to quality treatment for those affected along with support for their families through education, advocacy and research.
- Poppink.com
Poppink.com contains support, articles, education and treatment opportunities for people that have eating disorders and those who love them.
- Things Parents Can Do to Prevent Eating Disorders
Ten things parents can do to prevent eating disorders from the National Eating Disorders Association.