eating disorders

Overview of Eating Disorders

Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by eating disorders. The vast majority of those with eating disorders are adolescent and young adult women. While the consequences of eating disorders can be severe, increased awareness of the dangers of eating disorders has led many people to seek treatment.

The Major Types of Eating Disorders:

Special Topics in Eating Disorders

Weight Cycling
How to Overcome Emotional Eating

Resources

Books and Publications

When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself From Food and Weight Obsession
The Deadly Diet: Recovering from Anorexia and Bulimia
Intuitive Eating: A Recovery Book for the Chronic Dieter
Like Mother, Like Daughter : How Women Are Influenced by Their Mother's Relationship With Food-And How to Break the Pattern

All of the above are available in our Seek Wellness Bookstore

The Gurze Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue -1.800.756.7533
Healthy Weight Journal and Network

Organizations

National Eating Disorders Association
603 Stewart St., Suite 803
Seattle, WA 98101-1264
(206) 382-3587
Information & Referral HelpLine 1-800-931-2237
The Center for Eating Disorders
St. Joseph Medical Center
7620 York Road
Towson, MD 21204-7582
Renfrew Center - The Renfrew Center Foundation is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization advancing the education, prevention, research, and treatment of eating disorders.

Websites

Body Positive, a helpful and informative website promoting body shape and weight acceptance by Licensed Psychologist Deb Burgard, Ph.D.
Capital Health's Eating Disorders Program
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Each Day Is A New Beginning
Eating Disorders - Recovery Is Possible by Kim DeNure
Eating Disorder Recovery: Information and Links
Joshua Children's Foundation is a private foundation offering information and support to victims of child sexual abuse (who sometimes develop eating disorders as part of a "coping strategy.")
Kim's Christian Recovery Page
Males and Eating Disorders
Anorexia Nervosa: Through the Eyes of a Survivor by Katie Preston
Rader Programs has been providing high-quality clinical programs for over 17 years and specializes in the treatment of eating and related disorders including sexual abuse.
Society for Cooperative Recovery from Eating Disorders (SACRED)
Ask Dr. Belfer is a list of common questions about eating disorders and answers written by a professional staff.

Finding Treatment

The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center

Posted January 2002
Last Updated: March 2008