Scroll through this list of all the documents available on this web site. Click on the links to read more about topics that interest you. For your convenience we have grouped the articles into six categories.
1. General information
- How to use the ANRED Web site
- Privacy statement
Definitions: the better-known eating disorders
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Binge eating disorder (compulsive overeating)
- Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)
- Anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and obesity
- Compulsive exercise
- Subclinical eating disorders
- Mortality and recovery rates
- Miscellaneous facts and statistics
- Why determining accurate numbers is so difficult
- Food behaviors
- Appearance and body image behaviors
- Exercise behaviors
- Thoughts
- Feelings
- Self-injury and self-harm: cutting, burning, etc.
- Social behaviors
Who gets these disorders and why
- Personal characteristics of people at risk
- Vulnerable people and stress
- Description of people with anorexia nervosa
- Description of people with bulimia
- People at elevated risk of developing an eating disorder
- Special risk factors: physical, emotional and sexual abuse
- Western culture: an incubator for eating disorders
- Biological and genetic influences
- Psychological factors
- Family dynamics
- Social pressures
- Cultural and media demands and expectations
- Triggers
Complications of starving, stuffing and purging
- Medical
- Psychological
- Family and relationship problems
- Is recovery possible?
- What is recovery?
- What is the best treatment for an eating disorder?
- Where to find help
- Questions to ask a potential therapist
2. Eating disorders in specific populations
- Which eating disorders to men and boys get?
- Statistics for males with eating disorders
- Risk factors for males
- Differences between males and females with eating disorders
- Treatment of males with eating disorders
Eating disorders and pregnancy
- Problems with infertility
- Problems during pregnancy
- Dangers to mother
- Dangers to baby
- Post partum problems
- Medical and psychological problems afflicting children of mothers who were undernourished during pregnancy
- Statistics
- Special medical problems
- Why this combination is especially dangerous
- Treatment of the diabetic person who also has an eating disorder
Eating disorders and older people
- Eating disorders in middle age
- Weight and eating problems in the senior years
Obesity: is it an eating disorder?
- What is obesity?
- U.S. statistics
- Causes of obesity
- Health risks of obesity
- Other problems associated with obesity
- A bit of good news for obese people
- What to do about obesity
- Diet pills: over-the-counter and prescription. Do they work? Are there risks?
Childhood overweight and obesity
- Overview
- What parents can do
Children (and adults) who are picky eaters
- Often a power struggle, not a mental disorder
- Physiological factors leading to food avoidance
- What parents can do
- Where adult picky eaters can find help
Athletes with eating disorders
- Overview
- Statistics
- Male and female athletes: different risk factors
- Wrestlers and quick weight loss methods: a deadly combination
- Female athletes with anorexia nervosa
- Female athletes with bulimia nervosa
- Males and females and obligatory exercise
- Identifying athletes with eating disorders and the initial intervention
- Treatment of athletes with eating disorders
3. Self-help information and suggestions
Are you at risk? A confidential self-test
- Confidential
- Suggests problems and potential problems
Self-help suggestions for people at risk
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- When self-help is not appropriate
What does healthy eating look like?
- Food choices
- Healthy lifestyle choices
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Binge eating disorder
- Healthy weight management
4. When you want to help someone else
When you want to help a friend or loved one
- Why helping someone change is so hard
- Things to do
- Things not to do
For parents, partners and other family members: more tips
- More things to do
- And things not to do
Prevention strategies for parents
- Things to do
- Things not to do
- Things to do
- And why you should do them.
5. Additional information
Laxatives and enemas: not the way to go
- Dangers of laxative abuse
- Why laxatives don't work to control weight
- Suggestions for stopping laxative abuse
- What is the history of eating disorders?
- What is appropriate treatment when a person with an eating disorder is also a substance abuser?
- What about eating disorders support groups?
- Can anorexia nervosa contribute to tooth decay?
- How is ideal weight calculated? What are healthy levels of body fat?
- Can binge eating cause a "poochy" stomach?
- What causes feelings of being too full?
- Do I need to fast periodically to detoxify my body?
- Are there degrees of eating disorders?
- I am too skinny. How can I gain weight?
- I have recovered from an eating disorder. How can I help others who are still struggling?
- How can I be certified as an eating disorders specialist?
- I just can't seem to lose weight unless I stop eating. Is this bad for me?
- What are pro-ana Web sites? Why do people visit them?
Definitions: the less-well-known and rare eating disorders
- Purging disorder
- Anorexia athletica (compulsive exercising)
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Muscle dysmorphic disorder (bigorexia)
- Infection-triggered auto immune subtype of anorexia in children
- Orthorexia nervosa
- Night-eating syndrome
- Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder
- Rumination syndrome
- Gourmand syndrome
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Pica
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome
- Chewing and spitting
- Internet information can be excellent, mediocre or downright misleading.
- Find out here who we are, what we do, our credentials and our mission
- Awards for high-quality information
- Awards for Web site design
6. Resources: more things to check out
- Poems, recovery stories and inspirational thoughts
- Written by people with personal experience of an eating disorder
Research studies and clinical trials
- Current projects that need volunteer help
- Some offer free treatment opportunities
Continuing education: conferences, workshops and CEUs
- Opportunities for clinicians
- Opportunities for sufferers, families and friends
- Web sites in the U.S.
- And in several other countries
- For clinicians
- For general readers
- Resources used to build the ANRED Web site
- Send us your questions and comments
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Please Note: ANRED information is not a substitute for medical or psychological evaluation and treatment. For help with the physical and emotional problems associated with eating disorders, talk to your physician and a mental health professional.
Page updated April 1, 2008
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