This offers tips on how to focus on positive images of your body and to focus more on being healthy, than striving for a model-like figure.
This is an awesome site for a younger audience. It is colorful and easy to use, with links to games like ‘Feed the model’ that are fun to play while emphasizing that today’s models are much too thin. For people of all body size, this site contains links to books you can read, articles that have been published as well as cases and other fun links (like stickers you can get).
[They] are a nonprofit organization that provides information about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other less-well-known food and weight disorders. [Their] material includes self-help tips and information about recovery and prevention.
This is a great place to start research on body image, how it affects people, and what you can do to increase your body image, and it enforces the fact that your body is the only one you have. It has links for parents as well as children, but it is more geared toward adults. There are links to activism pages as well as resources in your area and how you can find people just like you.
The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. [They] provide information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center was created to fill an important community need, that of providing prompt information to individuals needing assistance in finding eating disorder treatment in their area. [They] provide referrals to eating disorder practitioners, treatment facilities, and support groups. Referrals to eating disorder practitioners are offered at NO CHARGE as a community service. In addition, [they] offer general information to the public about the treatment and prevention of eating disorders and we hope to promote social attitudes that enhance a healthy body image and self-esteem. Good links and information as it relates to males, females, children, athletes, pregnancy, etc.
This is a good site for women to go to. This site contains links for healthier eating as well as exercising, body image, general health, eating disorders, and how you can feel good mentally, emotionally, and physically. A colorful site that is easy to use and follow, it is ideal for continuing, or starting, research on any of the above topics.
This site starts with a fable about a tiger and pigs, which really helps to drive the theme and moral home for kids that how you look isn’t everything, and you control how you view your body. It contains links to self-help tips, and is very colorful and geared to younger audiences.
P.O. Box 360196Melbourne, FL 32936-0196This works with people on perception, body image and fat acceptance.
603 Stewart St, Suite 803Seattle, WA 981011-800-931-2297NEDA envisions the elimination of eating disorders. NEDA is dedicated to expanding public understanding of eating disorders and promoting access to quality treatment for those affected along with support for their families through education, advocacy and research.
1-800-994-WOMANThe U.S. Public Health Service launched the National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC), a combination World Wide Web site and toll-free hotline that serves as a "one-stop shopping" resource for women's health information. NWHIC can be reached at www.4woman.gov or the above listed telephone number.
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