- Academy for Eating Disorders
More than 1,000 women die anually in the United States due to eating disorders. The Academy is an association of professionals looking to promote treatment, prevention, and research related to eating disorders. AED sponsors an annual conference for physicians on eating disorders. An estimated 1,000 women die anually due to bulimia and anorexia.
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- American Anorexia and Bulimia Association, Inc.
AABA organizes national school outreach education programs on eating disorders. The Web site has information on these lecture tours (a recent lecture series was given by a formerly anorexic model) as well as referralinformation for sufferers and their families.
http://www.aabainc.org/
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- Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders
ANRED offers free, downloadable education materials on anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, and other less well-known problem-eating behaviors.
http://www.anred.com/
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- Eating Disorders/Disordered Culture
This is an exploration of eating disorders put together by two college women. This resource features over 30 personal stories written by young women who have struggled and continue to struggle with a range of eating disorders.
http://www.eating.ucdavis.edu
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- Harvard Eating Disorders Center
The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. If you need to find a treatment center or private practitioner specializing in eating disorders anywhere in the U.S. or internationally, this site may be the best resouce of its kind on the Web.
http://www.hedc.org/
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- Something Fishy
Don't let the funny name fool you. This site is an extensive and well-organized resource for information on eating disorders and offers versions in French and Spanish. The Web resources list on this site is easily the most extensive on the Web, listing almost 100 sites focusing on eating disorders. For answers to a whole range of questions from What is an eating disorder? to What is the role of popular culture in forming body image.
http://www.somethingfishy.org/
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