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Check out this category for answers to your questions about anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and other kinds of eating disorders. Research how to gain a more positive body image. Explore the history of eating disorders and learn about how to find successful treatments.

Resources in this category:

About-Face :: http://www.about-face.org/

This site combats negative and distorted images of women.

Ask the Dietitian: Anorexia :: http://www.dietitian.com/anorexia.html

Organized in a question and answer format, this article covers many aspects of anorexia, including recommendations for dealing with friends who have this disorder. Written by registered dietitian, Joanne Larson.

Body Positive: Boosting body image at any weight :: http://www.bodypositive.com/

"BodyPositive looks at ways we can feel good in the bodies we have." This site offers resources for accepting your body at whatever weight you are.

Bulimia Treatment :: http://www.bulimia-treatment.net/

"Bulimia Treatment provides information and treatment resources for individuals suffering with bulimia and other eating disorders." Website features information about Bulimia such as why it happens, how it can be treated, articles about the disease, and a toll-free number and online chat for help.

Consumed by Success :: http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~perspy/old/issues/1994/dec/anorexia.html

This is an essay about anorexia on college campuses, written by Jen Charat of Harvard University.

Dying to be Thin :: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/

This companion site to the film "Dying to be Thin" includes information on minority women and eating disorders, personal stories, resources, and frequently asked questions answered by an experienced psychologist.

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center :: http://www.edreferral.com/

"The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders." Provides referrals to eating disorder practitioners, treatment facilities, and support groups. Website features a search for people who can help you in your area; also articles about various aspects of eating disorders.

Eating Disorders -- Mirror Mirror :: http://www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm

This is an extensive site with many essays about different issues related to eating disorders, from self-injury to handling holidays to the ways eating disorders can strike specific groups of people: men, older women, teenagers, children. Very well done site, very informative.

Eating Disorders in a Disordered World :: http://www.eating.ucdavis.edu/

"This site combines textual narratives with powerful visual imagery to convey both the personal experience and the cultural pervasiveness of eating disorders. It provides a place for people to interactively incorporate their own stories about eating disorders, and includes a resource guide."

Homeplate: Your Homeplate for Healthy Eating :: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/svp/uhs/eating/eating-homepage.htm

Here you will find information on healthy eating and on eating disorders, including a resource list with relavant books, films, and organizations, and an advice section with recovery tips for eating disorder sufferers and their friends and families.

Mysistahs.org: young women of color: body image :: http://www.mysistahs.org/health/bodyimage/index.htm

Providing information about healthy body image and eating disorders involving African-American, Latina, Asian/Pacific Islander and Native American girls, this page of the more general Mysistahs.org website is specific to these issues.

National Eating Disorders Association :: http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), the biggest U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, has a site offering information on how to recognize and how to get treatment for anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder as well as advice to people with body image and weight issues.

Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders :: http://www.something-fishy.org/

Provides information about anorexia nervosa, bulimia, compulsive overeating and other eating disorders. Includes signs and symptoms, what you can do, sources of online support, physical dangers, words from survivors, and treatment options, among other information.

Weight Control Information Network :: http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/take_charge.htm

Provides information on healthy behaviors, dieting, healthy eating and much more. "Take Charge of your Health" through the variety of resources offered on this site.