What Are Eating Disorders?

Have you ever met someone who is overly concerned with their food intake, who sometimes starves themselves while other times overeats or who abuses medication in order to stay slim? These are all symptoms of serious eating disorders.

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The Eating Disorders Quiz
Carol created this special online quiz to help you determine if you should seek out a professional.

Prevention Strategies For Teachers
Tips for detecting and avoiding problems with your students.

How You Can Help
Does a friend or family member struggle with ED?  Here are some of Carol's techniques for managing the situation.

Eating Disorders fX (effects on the body)
If you are looking for the gruesome truth about these diseases, look no further.

Backgrounder
For a more technical explanation of the different forms of Eating Disorders.

 

The information provided here should not be confused with treatment or therapy. Everyone is different and given the format of this resource it is impossible to provide the individually tailored approach that would constitute proper psychological care.

Please view these pages as a starting point for developing an understanding of eating disorders. Our aim is only to provide direction. A licensed physician should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of all medical conditions.

 

Because of the risks involved with Eating Disorders we are unable to answer your specific questions. Instead, we strongly suggest that you seek local professional help for any issues or problems you may have.

We are very interested to learn what you think about this column, or if you have ideas or useful resources we should share with visitors. You can write to the publisher, or Carol, at:  artadmin@danceart.com