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Also TryDiscussionsLesson Plans
- Eating Disorder Support Groups (EatingDisordersAnonymous.org)
"Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA) is a fellowship of individuals who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from their eating disorders. People can and do fully recover from having an eating disorder. In EDA, we help one another identify and claim milestones of recovery." 10-04
Papers
- Preventing Eating Disorders Lesson (PBS.org - NOVA)
Provides a lesson plan to help students avoid eating disorders.10-04
- Anorexia Nervosa (Anorexia-Nervosa-Treatment.com)
"Anorexia nervosa is an extremely dangerous eating disorder in which a person intentionally deprives herself or himself of food and can literally starve to death in an attempt to be what they consider "thin." The disorder involves extreme weight loss--at least 15% below the individual's "ideal" weight--and a refusal to maintain body weight that is even minimally normal for their age and height and body frame." 10-04
- Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders More Diverse (CBS News)
"White women in their teens and 20s still account for most anorexia cases in the U.S. But experts say women in their 40s and 50s, men, black and Hispanic women, and even little girls as young as 8 or 9 years old are showing up in doctors' offices with anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders." 8-05
- Eating Disorder Referral and Information (EdReferral.com)
"Our goal is to provide assistance, in the form of information and resources, to those suffering with eating disorders to get them started on the road to recovery and healthy living." 10-04
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