Web Sites
American Anorexia/Bulimia Association
about-face.org
thebodypositive.org
Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc. (EDA)
overcomingovereating.com
somethingfishy.org Eating Disorders --" Everything you need to know"
Videos
Body Talk: Teens Talk About Their Bodies, Eating Disorders and Activism.
Produced by The Body Positive, 1999, Berkeley, CA.
Body Talk is an award winning 28 minute video on body acceptance issues for 12 to 18 year-old girls and boys. This documentary focuses on girls and boys with diverse body sizes and ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
They discuss the messages they receive from media, family and friends about their bodies and eating patterns, and their resulting struggles. They talk about how they resist and change, and how they heal.
To order, contact The Body Positive
Organizations
- The Body Positive
2550 9th St Suite 204 B
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 548-0101
A non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce the suffering caused by preoccupation with, and pursuit of, our culture's unrealistic beauty ideals, through eating disorders prevention workshops, producing videos, and supporting youth peer leaders in their work to promote body acceptance.
http://www.thebodypositive.org
- Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc. (EDAP)
603 Stewart Street,
Suite 803Seattle, WA
98101(206) 382-3587
Website: www.edap.org
A national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the awareness and prevention of eating disorders through education and community activism.
- American Anorexia/Bulimia Association, Inc.
165 West 46th Street, Suite 1108
New York, NY 10036
(212) 575-6200
Website: www.aabainc.org
A national nonprofit organization of concerned members of the public and healthcare industry dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders through education, advocacy and research.
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Books
Bell, Ruth.
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives:
A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships.
New York: Random House, 1981.
Carlip, Hilary.
Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out.
New York: Warner Books, 1995.
Cooke, Kaz.
Real Gorgeous.
New York: Norton, 1996.
Cordes, Helen.
Girl Power in the Mirror.
Edut, Ophira (ed.).
Adios, Barbie.
Seattle: Seal Press, 1998.
Gray, Heather and Phillips, Samantha.
Real Girl, Real World: Tools for Finding Your True Self.
Seattle: Seal Press, 1998.
Hirschmann, Jane & Munter, Carol.
When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1995.
Nichter, Mimi.
Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Normandi, Carol and Roark, Laurelee.
It's Not About Food: End Your Obsession with Food and Weight. New York: Putnam, 1998.
Shandler, Sara.
Ophelia Speaks:
Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self.
Wolfe, Naomi.
The Beauty Myth.
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1991. |
