overview of eating disorders

Source: US Dept. of Health and Human Services

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:

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa 
• Binge Eating Disorder

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.

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.")

Finding Treatment

The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center

Last Updated: August 15, 2005