These publications offer insights, advice and hope for people affected by eating disorders, and those who care for them. Get a better understanding of the issues involved and how to help someone who is struggling with an eating disorder.
The first step to preventing and treating eating disorders is understanding how and why they happen. This book helps parents, teachers, coaches and others understand the many signs, symptoms, risk factors and cultural influences that contribute to eating disorders. Second edition. 2006. 57 pages.
Includes the principles of normal eating, basic nutrition information, meal planning guidance, simplified food lists and chapters on body image, physical activity and natural body weight. Designed to be used with counseling and meal planning guidance from a registered dietitian. 2006. 90 pages.
Find encouragement and insight in these true stories of hope and recovery from those who have lived through an eating disorder. Contains more than a dozen stories by either the individual who has struggled, or a loved one who has witnessed the struggle. 2004. 119 pages.
