Finding Help

• Questions to Ask When Considering Treatment Options (PDF, 64KB): Learn the right questions to ask to find treatment that is most effective for you.
• What's Going On With Me? (PDF, 53KB): Evaluating eating and exercise habits

Helping Others

• What You Can (and Can't) Do: Things you can and can't do for someone suffering from an eating disorder
• What Should I Say? (PDF, 54KB): Tips for talking to a friend who may be struggling with an eating disorder
• Dads and Daughters: DADs provides tools for fathers to strengthen relationships with their daughters and to transform the pervasive messages that value young women more for how they look than who they are.

Prevention

• Eating Disorders Can Be Prevented (PDF, 33KB): Learn the basic principles for the prevention of eating disorders.
• Every Body is Different (PDF, 40KB): Understanding how to listen to your body's needs and treat it respectfully will help you avoid an eating disorder.
• Prevention Guidelines and Strategies for Everyone (PDF, 57KB): 50 Ways to Lose the 3 "D"s: Dieting, Drive for Fitness, and Body Dissatisfaction

Payment

• Figuring Out Your Claims (PDF, 134KB): Learn how to determine if treatment at Duke Center for Eating Disorders is covered by your insurance company.
• Submitting a Claim (PDF, 158KB): Get tips on how to submit your insurance claim for services rendered at the Duke Center for Eating Disorders.
• Securing Eating Disorders Treatment (PDF, 65KB): Learn what to say to secure treatment for eating disorders.

Additional Resources

• Academy for Eating Disorders: A multidisciplinary professional organization that focuses on Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related disorders. Also sponsors a newsletter and a conference.
• American Dietetic Association: Clicking on Nutrition Resources will get you to information about eating disorders, including an extensive nutrition reading list.
• Bulimia.com: Publishes and distributes a wide variety of book titles dealing with eating and body image issues.
• Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action: This website offers the opportunity to join advocacy efforts at the federal level.
• Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center: Provides information, treatment resources, and client and provider e-mail message lists for all forms of eating disorders.
• Media Education Foundation: Media Education Foundation produces and distributes video documentaries and other educational resources.
• The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA): NEDA is the largest not-for-profit organization in the United States, working to prevent eating disorders and provide treatment referrals to those suffering from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder and those concerned with body image and weight issues.
• The National Eating Disorders Information Centre: NEDIC provides information and resources on eating disorders and food and weight preoccupation, a Canada-wide database of intervention resources, and Canadian Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
• National Institutes of Health: This home page provides information on a variety of health issues currently under study at the NIH.
• National Institute of Mental Health: This home page provides information on a number of mental health issues, including information about eating disorders.
• Something Fishy: Get access to numerous links and lots of information about eating disorders and body image issues.