The teen health library of eating disorder prevention

Focuses on exercise addiction and its relationship to eating disorders; explains how compulsive exercise can be harmful and how one can get help to deal with it.

Discusses the social and psychological causes of compulsive eating and provides guidance for those struggling with this problem.

Focuses on exercise addiction and its relationship to eating disorders; explains how compulsive exercise can be harmful and how one can get help to deal with it.

Examines the causes and consequences of negative feelings about one's body and discusses ways to develop a more positive and accepting self-awareness.

Discusses the relationship between health and diet and examines a variety of commercial weight-loss programs and the health risks that they pose to their members.

Discusses eating disorders in relation to support groups, the interactions occurring in such groups, what happens in a meeting, how to start a group, and the positive benefits available from such support.

Examines the role that food plays in the home and how the family affects self-image, and provides suggestions for healthy living to protect against eating disorders.

Four survivors of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and compulsive overeating share their experiences and give advice for the recovery of others.