Links

Information, Advocacy, and Awareness

International Organizations

Eating Disorders Anonymous
12-step program in USA, Australia, Canada, Ireland, South Africa

Overeaters Anonymous
Twelve-step program with meetings.

About Face
Media literacy organization aimed at helping girls and women resist and understand the messages that the media directs towards them.

Academy for Eating Disorders
A global professional organization committed to leadership in eating disorders research, education, treatment, and prevention.

FEAST-ED
An international organization of and for parents and caregivers to help loved ones recover from eating disorders by providing information and mutual support, promoting evidence-based treatment, and advocating for research and education to reduce the suffering associated with eating disorders.

National Organizations

National Eating Disorders Information Centre - NEDIC (Canada)
This site is very professional and thorough. It has facts and statistics, personal stories, advice on how to give or get help, and lists/reviews of all kinds of resources. 

National Eating Disorders Association - NEDA (USA)
The eating disorders association for the US. This site has a LOT of information. I mean it. Resources include information for family and friends, a "survival guide" for eating disorder patients and their families, and what seems like a zillion articles. 

Binge Eating Disorder Association - BEDA (USA)
National organization to help people with Binge Eating Disorder.

Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy, and Action (USA)
National advocacy organization whose main goal is to increase the federal government's recognition of eating disorders as a public health priority.

National Association for Males with Eating Disorders - NAMED (USA)
Provides support to and resources about males with eating disorders.

National Eating Disorders Collaboration (Australia)
A collaboration of people and organizations with an expertise and/or interest in eating disorders.

Eating Disorders Association of New Zealand - EDANZ
An incorporated society established to provide support and education for parents and caregivers of people with eating disorders.

Beating Eating Disorders - B-Eat (UK)
Provides helplines, online support, and a network of UK-wide self-help groups to help adults and young people in the UK beat their eating disorders.

Eating Disorders Foundation of Canada
The Eating Disorders Foundation of Canada acknowledges the need for urgent attention and is committed to raising funds to be directed toward the establishment of residential treatment, transition housing and to support ongoing research and treatment programs for eating disorders. The Eating Disorders Foundation of Canada is enthusiastically behind local community groups that have set up awareness campaigns, support groups, education in the schools and much more, and sees a leadership role in bringing these local initiatives together to give them a stronger voice when it comes to provincial and federal funding.

Websites and Blogs

Pale Reflections
Eating disorders community. It has statistics, information about causes and specific disorders (even the obscure ones), advice on how to help a friend or family member, plenty of articles, and an online support forum.

Something Fishy 
This site is loaded with information of all kinds. It also has the "recovery toolbox" of strategies for people in recovery, a memorial wall, individual people's stories, an online support forum (including a separate forum for family and friends) and information about the health risks of eating disorders.

Mirror Mirror
This site is also laoded with information about different types of eating disorders and how they affect different types of people, an entire section with advice about how to recover from an eating disorder (including worksheets), the survivors' wall, information about how to get help...I mean it, this site has a lot of info.

Maudsley Parents
A volunteer organization of parents who have helped our children recover from anorexia and bulimia through the use of a family-based treatment known as the Maudsley approach, an evidence-based therapy for eating disorders.

Payson Road
One of the first eating disorder websites. Their mission is to expand awareness and prevention of eating disorders and advance recovery through the support of creative expression.

Project BrEAThe
project brEAThe involves support groups, outreach programs, educational workshops at schools for students and coaches, fundraising, and personal coaching. 


ED Bites
Up-to-date writing on scientific research in the field of eating disorders.

Hello Me
Blog by renowned writer Jenni Schaefer, author of Life Without Ed and Goodbye Ed, Hello Me.

Weighing the Facts
A blog for eating disorder resources, information, and recovery.

We Bite Back
A website for "post-pro-anorexics," people who have been influenced by "pro-ana" websites and who are now in recovery.

Actively Arielle
A recovery blog by a woman who has recovered from her eating disorder. The blog includes mantras, inspiration, and Arielle's whimsical "recovery cat" art.


Voice in Recovery
Recovery blog and website aimed at advocacy and helping people find their voices.

Until Eating Disorders Are No More
A recovery and activism blog by a man who has recovered from anorexia.

Laura's Soapbox
Activism blog by Laura Collins, mother of a daughter with anorexia and author of Eating With Your Anorexic: How My Child Recovered Through Family-Based Treatment and How Yours Can Too

Finding Melissa
A UK woman's well-written blog and website about her personal experiences with eating disorder recovery.

Your Eatopia
Scientific information on recovery from restrictive eating disorders.

Gurze Books/Bulimia.com
Lists of resources about eating disorders.

Recovery Boat
An online peer support network for people in recovery from eating disorders.

Nourishing the Soul
A forum on body image and the effects of eating disorders.

Born to be You
South African inspirational speaker who has recovered from her eating disorder.

Eating Disorders Support Group Malta
Online (Facebook) support group for people in Malta who are recovering from eating disorders.

Eating Disorders End Now - the Eden Campaign
An awareness campaign and recovery blog.

Project STOP Eating Disorders
Online (Facebook) support group for people in Mexico who are recovering from eating disorders.

educate
Online (Livejournal) forum for intelligent discussion about eating disorders (please note that not all members of this forum are pursuing recovery and that despite the care taken by the moderators, some content may be triggering).

Project True
An empowering online community for promoting healthy bodies and perception.

Documentaries and Memoirs

Someday Melissa
A film inspired by the writings of Melissa Avrin. The Someday Melissa project also includes a blog and invites the public to post their own creative videos.

THIN Documentary
A documentary and book by photo-journalist Lauren Greenfield, documenting the experiences of women in treatment at the Renfrew Center in Florida.

I Am Fat
Memoir of treatment experiences by Ellen Ross Stuart.

Other Projects

The Manna Fund
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing funds for residential and inpatient eating disorder treatment for individuals lacking insurance coverage or for those with inadequate insurance coverage.

Recovery Buddies
Hand-knitted stuffed animals to comfort people in recovery. 

Shameless Magazine
A progressive feminist magazine for teenage girls and trans youth.

Project Heal

Raises money for people to access treatment for eating disorders.

Helping others

People often ask me how they can help a friend or family member with an eating disorder. Here are direct links to some websites with information on that topic.

Pale Reflections

Mirror mirror

More from mirror mirror

Something Fishy