Below you will find downloadable resources regarding eating disorders, nutrition, and healthy body image. Click on the link for PDF files.
Eating Disorders:
Fact sheet about Anorexia Nervosa

Fact sheet about binge eating disorder

Fact sheet about Bulimia Nervosa

Suggestions for changing Anorexic/Bulimic behavior

What is an eating disorders and some basic facts

"What's going on with me? Evaluating your eating and exercise habits."

Treatment of eating disorders

How to talk about eating concerns using the three 'E's' of expression

Health consequences of eating disorders

"What causes eating disorders?"

"Statistics: Eating Disorders and their precursors"

"Laxatives and Enemas: Not the way to go"

A suggested reading list for more information about eating disorders

Recovery from an eating disorder: What it involves

"Eating disorders not otherwise specified: Varience of eating disorders that do not meet the diagnostic criteria for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa."

A diagram of The Recovery Model

A fact sheet about Compulsive Exercise

How to help a friend:

"Eating disorders can be prevented."

"Twelve ideas to help people with eating disorders negotiate the holidays."

"Eating disorders and the holidays: how to help a loved one."

"What should I say? Tip for talking to a friend who may be struggling with an eating disorder."

"How to help a friend with eating and body image issues."

"What to do when someone you know has an eating disorder."

Health at Every Size:

"No Weigh! A declaration of independence from a weight obsessed world."

How to celebrate Health At Every Size

"Biomedical focus holistic focus, aka Risk factors for disease vs. supportive factors for health."

"Wait before you weigh!"

Basic principles of Health At Every Size

Join the Health At Every Size Revolution!

Body Image:

Ten steps to positive body image

Ten "will-powers" for improving body image

Twenty ways to love your body

Positive vs. Negative body images

"Every body is different."

Enhancing male body image

Challenging myths that promote unhealthy body images, eating and weight problems in American culture

Normal Eating and Dieting:

"Beware of fad diets!"

"Normal eating nutures wellness"

"The dieting mentality"

"Listen to your body: Eat when you are truly hungry. Stop when you are full."

"Know dieting: risks and reasons to stop."

"So, what is normal eating?"

"Steps to freedom from diet and weight conflict."

"What really happens when we diet?"

Normal vs. abnormal eating and exercise

"Celebrate your body and food!"

Inspirational:

Mindfulness Scales

Daily Affirmations

"Distincitve beauty-embracing your physical individuality."

"What to do with emotions."

"Ten ways to manage your inner critic."

Personal Bill of Rights

"In the very beginning, the girl child loves herself."

"Black and white vs. rainbow thinking."

Rules for being human

"What is self esteem?"

Media:

Creating counter-ads

How to deconstruct a media ad

Facts about the media, body image, and eating disorders

Tips for becoming a critical viewer of the media

General tools for media literacy

Nutrition:

"Eat 5-to-9 A Day for Better Health."

The Sports Nutrition Pyramid

"Building bones to last a lifetime."

PREVENTION.

PROMOTION.

PROTECTION.

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If you would like copies of scholarly articles concerning eating disorders and related issues, contact the Health Promotion Coordinator.