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Eating
Disorders & Healthy Body Image
Education and Prevention Resources
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Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) |
The following
materials are available through National Eating Disorders Association,
the largest national nonprofit organization dedicated solely
to the elimination of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction
through prevention efforts, education, referral and support services,
advocacy, training, and research. Visit
the NEDA
website to learn about these and a vast array
of other resources and materials.
* Please note that the following organizations have merged to form the National Eating Disorders Association. Eating Disorders Awareness & Prevention (EDAP); American Anorexia Bulimia Association (AABA); National Eating Disorder Organization (NEDO); and Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders (ANRED).
Order from:
NEDA
603 Stewart Street, Suite 803
Seattle, WA 98101-1264
Ph. (206) 382-3587
Fax (206) 829-8501
Toll-Free Information & Referral Helpline 1-800-931-2237
www.NationalEatingDisorders.org
info@nationaleatingdisorders.org
Bodytalk Video and
Facilitator Guide
A video on body acceptance
issues for 9 to 18 year-old girls and boys. Girls and boys from a
range of socio-economic status and body sizes discuss the messages
they receive from media, family, and friends about their eating patterns.
NEDA
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Eating
Disorders Support Group Curriculum
Written by Thomas J. Shiltz, an informative twelve-session curriculum
for grades 7 - 12, complete with supplements and handouts. NEDA
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Eating
Disorder Awareness and Prevention Coordinator's Packet
Packet offering information
on eating disorders and related topics, including educational materials
about signs and symptoms of eating disorders and treatment information.
NEDA
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Girls
in the 90's
Manual by SS Friedman, designed for facilitators involved in the primary
prevention of eating disorders in pre- and early-adolescent girls.
Targeting girls in the 6th and 7th grades, focuses
on healthy eating, stress management, and self-esteem issues. Provides
specific ideas for group discussion and activities, and includes visual
aids and handouts. NEDA
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GO
GIRLS!
Eating Disorders and Awareness
Prevention, Inc’s newest curriculum, GO GIRLS! (Giving Our Girls Inspiration
& Resources for Lasting Self-Esteem), is a 12-week course aimed
at strengthening high school girls’ self-esteem. Through their participation
in the program, the GO GIRLS! team members will strengthen their own
self-esteem and body image, while discovering that they have powerful
voices able to effect social, political, and personal change. NEDA
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Healthy Body Image:
Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too!
Prevention curriculum written by Kathy Kater, LICSW. For grades 4-6,
uses age appropriate prevention principles to help students:
- develop an identity based on inner strengths,
not appearance
- understand normal weight gain during
puberty
- respect genetic diversity of body shapes
and sizes
- understand the dangers of dieting
- develop incentives for healthy eating
& active lifestyles
- think critically about media messages
- resist unhealthy cultural pressures
regarding weight and dieting. NEDA
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Just
for Girls
Preventive program guide
designed by Sandra Friedman, B.A., B.S.W. for teachers of grades 6-7.
Focuses on healthy eating, coping with stress, and the impact of self-image,
gender, and culture on self-esteem. Group discussion guidelines and
activities, visual aids, and handouts are included. NEDA
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Puppet
Strings Video & Facilitator’s Guidebook
By Jessica Weiner & the A.C.T. Out Ensemble, a 20-minute video featuring
five emotional and thought-provoking vignettes designed to be used as
a tool to prompt an informative and in-depth discussion about eating,
food, and body image issues. Comes with facilitator’s guidebook for
follow-up discussions. NEDA
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Afraid
to Eat: Children and Teens in Weight
Crises
By Frances Berg
This book contains up-to-date research
findings and practical guidelines
for dealing with current problems
related to children and weight, including:
dysfunctional and disordered eating,
undernutrition of teenage girls, hazardous
weight loss, eating disorders, size
prejudice, and overweight.
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Am
I Fat? Helping Youth Children Accept
Differences in Body Size
By Joanne Ikeda and Priscilla Naworski
This guide, for teachers, parents,
school nurses, and other caregivers,
provides ideas for communicating with
kids up to age twelve about size diversity,
teasing, body image, and self-esteem.
It includes realistic case studies,
nutrition guidelines, classroom activities,
and suggestions for physical activities.
Body
Talk I and II
Produced by The Body Positive (www.thebodypositive.org).
Body Talk I is geared for ages 12
and up. This excellent 28-minute video
is ideal for prevention because it
does not directly discuss (and thereby
teach) the symptoms of eating disorders.
It follows one group of girls and
boys of diverse backgrounds and sizes
who talk about the messages they receive
from the media, family, and peers
about their bodies and eating patterns.
Their honesty is refreshing, and engaging.
Body Talk II is geared for ages 8-11
and focuses on puberty, dieting, teasing,
and trying to fit in.
Body
Wise Information Packet
Produced by the Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Women’s Health in conjunction with
the Girl Power! Campaign (see website below). For
adults working with students in grades 5, 6, and 7.
The packet addresses signs/symptoms of eating disorders,
steps to take when concerned about students, and ways
to create a school environment that discourages disordered
eating. http://www.4woman.gov/BodyImage/bodywise/bodywise.htm
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Girl
Power in the Mirror: A Book about Girls, their Bodies,
and Themselves
By Helen Courdes
Written for adolescent girls ages 9-13, this book
suggests ways for girls to develop self-esteem and
become assertive in the face of pressures from advertisers,
family, and peers to have the "perfect"
body. Includes two resource sections: one for girls,
the other for parents and teachers.
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Growing
a Girl: Seven Strategies for Raising a Strong, Spirited
Daughter
By Dr. Barbara Mackoff
This research-based yet highly readable book offers
parents (and other adults who care about girls) skills
to help girls develop high self-esteem. Includes a
helpful chapter on body image. Available in bookstores.
Published by Bantam Doubleday, and Dell.
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Helping
Girls Become Strong Women: Curriculum
Curriculum was developed by Dr. Kearney-Cooke for
the Partnership for Women’s Health at Columbia University.
Designed for mentors and adolescents, it includes
breakout sessions on Developing a Positive Body Image,
Goal Setting, Dealing With Stress, and Helping Adolescent
Girls Develop Healthy Relationships. Designed to be
included in regular health classes. A parallel program
for adolescent boys is in development.
Order
from:
Partnership for Women's Health
Columbia University
14 East 60th Street, Penthouse Floor
New York, New York 10022-1006
Attn:
Christine Haider
Web:
http://partnership.hs.columbia.edu/
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If
My Child is Overweight, What Should I Do About It?
By Joanne Ikeda
This 20-page booklet for parents provides information
on how to help their overweight children. It includes
a range of helpful information, including addressing
emotional issues as well as making healthy food choices.
Order
from:
ANR
Catalog
University of California
Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources
Communication Services Publications
(800) 994-8849
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If
Your Child is Overweight: A Guide for Parents
By Susan M. Kosharek
This booklet, written for parents with overweight
children ages 6-12, contains practical information
and strategies to improve family eating habits (to
benefit all members not just overweight children).
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New
Moon (The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams) and
New Moon Network (For Adults Who Care About Girls)
These bimonthly companion publications are devoted
to nurturing the development of strong, confident
girls. New Moon magazine has news and fiction for
and about girls, without the usual diet, clothes,
and boys articles.
Order
from:
New Moon
P.O. Box 3587
Duluth, MN 55803-3587
(800) 381-4743
Over
It!
By Carol Emery Normandi and Laurelee Roark, a teen guide to getting
beyond obsessions with food and weight. The authors discuss the
behaviors that may lead to eating disorders and the cultural, emotional,
and physical reasons girls obsess about weight and eating. They
offer girls and their parents a map and a method for finding a realistic
and livable balance.
Order from:
New World Library
14 Pmaron Way
Novato, CA 94949
Phone: (800) 972-6657 X 52
Fax: (415) 884-2199
Web: http://www.newworldlibrary.com/
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Win the Rockies (Wellness IN the Rockies)
WIN the Rockies, a community-based research, intervention and outreach project seeks to improve health in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming by addressing obesity innovatively and effectively. Through a four-year food and nutrition-related behavior-change consortium project involving the University of Idaho, Montana State University, the University of Wyoming, their extension services, their WWAMI Medical Education Programs, the Area Health Education Centers in Wyoming and Montana, along with other state organizations and community groups, WIN presents topics such as valuing health, respecting body-size differences, enjoying the benefits of self-acceptance, enjoying physically active living, and enjoying healthful and pleasurable eating to communities in the Rockies. Web pages of interest: A New You: Health for Every Body.
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