Eating Disorders

MEDLINEplus Health Information: Eating Disorders
MEDLINEplus provides quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. This page includes links to resources for the latest news in eating disorders research as well as general overviews. Topics also include clinical trials, specific conditions, treatments, and information for women and teenagers. Spanish resources are also provided.

Ask NOAH About: Mental Health
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a project of four New York partners: The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public Library. This site includes a section on eating disorders, that lists resources for basic information as well as specific information on Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating, and Bulemia Nervosa.

Eating Disorders: Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions
This booklet from the National Institute of Mental Health provides current overviews of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder, treatment strategies, and research findings and directions. Links and contact information for related organizations are also listed. This 12-page booklet can also be downloaded and printed using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

National Eating Disorders Association
This organization offers general information about the prevention of eating disorders. Additional materials available for purchase are listed on this site and include brochures, books, prevention curricula, videos, posters, and other health promotion materials.

Eating Disorders
University of Maryland Medicine offers this health information guide on eating disorders. This site provides overviews of specific eating disorders and information on causes, biochemistry, and treatments.

Eating Disorder Recovery - A Spiritual Perspective
This article by Randy K. Hardman, Ph.D. and Michael E. Berrett, Ph.D. addresses the importance of including a spiritual perspective in treatment and recovery from eating disorders.