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Websites with additional information and resources on eating disorders:
Something Fishy: www.something-fishy.org
Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center: www.edreferral.com
Gurze Books--eating disorder topics
National Eating Disorders Association: www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Information on the Maudsley approach
Maudsley is an intensive,family-involvement outpatient treatment program
Eating Disorders - FAQ
Download article by Isabelle Tierney EatingDisorderFAQ.doc:
Recent Articles
Fresh fashion industry signs voluntary anti-anorexia charter
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080409/lf_afp/lifestylefashionhealthanorexiafrance_080409162210
Brain biology linked to behavioral disorders like anorexia
http://www.newsweek.com/id/73907
“The Vanishing Point” - The new anorexic look in fashion models is men
(New York Times requires free online registration to view articles)
Rate of eating disorders may be underestimated 08/2007:
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL75556420070807
Shyness about eating in public a possible sign of eating disorder:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-18-eating-shyness_N.htm
Binge eating incidence higher than thought, may deserve separate diagnosis:
(New York Times requires free online registration to view articles)
Boulder Youth Body Alliance
The Boulder Youth Body Alliance (BYBA) is a youth-driven, peer education program that empowers teens to create social change around the ideas, beliefs and messages that lead to eating disorders and body dissatisfaction. BYBA is a program of The Body Positive, a grass-roots, community-based organization, who is one of very few organizations in the country looking at the issues of size discrimination, building body esteem, and preventing eating problems in youth. Understanding that messages are strongest when delivered through real stories from role models and peers, teen leaders teach their peers how to combat body dissatisfaction, and deal with: myths about dieting, health, and weight; school policies that promote weight loss instead of health and fitness; messages about sexual identity; pressures of acculturation; sexual harassment and abuse; and discrimination against fat people. Additionally, by including youth in all aspects of program development for BYBA, we have created a successful educational model that is shaped by listening to the concerns of the people we intend to serve. Our teens are approved speakers through the Boulder Valley School District’s Health Education Committee. BYBA offers presentations in classrooms, for staff and faculty and parents. If you are interested in having BYBA give a presentation, please call the Director, Carmen Cool, at 303-440-5775.
The Boulder County Eating Disorders Coalition operates in partnership with
Healthy Youth Alliance of Boulder County and Parent Engagement Network.
Information on this website if for informational and educational purposes only.
links and resources
BYBA in the news.
Carmen Cool, MA, LPC wrote about the peer education group, the Boulder Youth Body Alliance (see below) in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of Absolute Advantage, a special issue devoted to the topics of kids, eating, weight and health.
Absolute Advantage is a member-only publication of The Wellness Councils of America: www.welcoa.org.