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Other Web sites
The Web sites listed below are intended as resources. We are not endorsing them and we are not responsible for their content.
About Face
San Francisco-based group that combats negative and distorted images of women.
The Anna Westin Foundation
Focuses on education and advocacy for people with eating disorders. Includes information about The Anna Westin House, a long-term residential eating disorders treatment program for women, located in Minnesota, and developed in partnership with the Eating Disorder Institute (EDI) affiliated with Methodist Hospital/Park Nicollet Health Services.
The Body Positive
Helps empower people of all ages, especially our youth, to celebrate their natural size and shape instead of what society promotes as the ideal body.
Eating Disorders in a Disordered Culture
Kathryn Sylva's and Robin Lasser's site. Includes memorials, resources, and personal
stories.
Caringonline Eating Disorders Site
Directory that includes news and information, support, treatment, research, and other
links.
Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
Provides referrals to eating disorder practitioners, treatment facilities, and support groups. Offers general information to the public about the treatment and prevention of eating disorders.
Empowered Parents
Empowered Parents understand their rightful role in their child's life and recovery and
approach their child's professionals with realistic expectations and demands.
Featherweight, Inc.
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to the awareness and treatment of eating disorders.
Foro Anorexia
Nonprofit web site offering information about eating disorders in Spanish.
Gürze Books: Eating Disorder Resources
A publishing company that has specialized in publications and education on eating
disorders since 1980.
Healthy Weight Network
Provides facts on today's problems, helps people understand the forces that shape them and
shows the way to healthy change.
IEmily.com - The Place for Girls' Health
Provides balanced, in-depth, and respectful information that is easy to understand. Gives
girls the opportunity to become interested and stay interested in their physical health
and emotional well-being.
Mirror Mirror
Definitions, signs, symptoms, getting help, approaching loved ones.
National Women's Health Resource Center
Nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women make informed decisions about their
health; encourages women to embrace healthy lifestyles to promote wellness and prevent
disease.
New Moon Publishing
Produces media for every girl who wants her voice heard and her dreams taken seriously and
for every adult who cares about girls.
Ophelia's Place
Offers support and encouragement to individuals, family and friends faced with the personal challenges associated with eating disorders.
Something Fishy
Information on anorexia and bulimia, signs and symptoms, and what you can do to help.
Teen Voices
Challenges the mainstream media's image of girls. Provides an intelligent alternative
packed with original writing, poetry, and artwork. Readers are encouraged to write
articles on self-esteem, racism, sexism, feminism, popular culture, health, and other
issues important to them.
This page was reviewed and updated on January 16, 2008.
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