Purdue University
Healthy Body Image: A Lesson Plan for Middle School Students
This is a very valuable lesson for middle schoolers on the importance of maintaining a healthy body image through diet, exercise, and positive mentality. The resource includes four lesson plans. The first two plans outline the physical...
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Taming the O-BEAST-ITY Without Eating Right
Learners use the Internet to find out about eating disorders and maintaining a healthy weight. In this eating disorders lesson plan, students identify eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and discuss complications. Learners...
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Life Science: Heavy Weight
Students investigate adolescent obesity and its health impact. In this health and obesity lesson, students research the problem, develop a survey regarding eating habits, then analyze the nutritional information on commonly eaten foods...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Childhood Obesity
The concern over obesity in children in the United States is staggering. This site provides research and statistics along with suggesting ways to change the epidemic. Includes video.
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Kids Health: Binge Eating Disorder
At this site from Family Doctor.org you can find out what characterizes a binge eating disorder, side effects, and treatment. Links to similar articles are provided as well.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Bulimia Nervosa
Thorough overview of this eating disorder. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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Eating Disorders
A thorough reference site for information on various eating disorders to help with both the identification and the treatment of eating disorders.
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Kids Health: Delayed Puberty
The changes that an adolescent goes through can be intimidating or unexpected. What can be worse though is watching peers change as your body still appears like a child. This article confronts this feeling and provides support for those...
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Kids Health: The Deal With Diets
There are numerous diets advertised that claim to be healthy and effective. Which is the right one for you? This article includes dieting tips that are both safe and of benefit to your body. Links to related sites are also included.
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Kids Health: Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia
This site from Family Doctor.org can provide you with a better understanding of these disorders and can help you to identify the effects. The site contains links to similar sites as well.
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Kids Health: Kids and Eating Disorders
Find out about the problem of eating disorders. Is it in to be thin? There's a lot of information here. Be sure to look at the tabs to the left for additional resources.
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Bulimia Nervosa
Complete description of bulimia nervosa, including a profile of a typical sufferer and criteria for clinical diagnosis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Balanced Eating
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how to use various tools for balanced eating.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Aafp: The Female Athlete Triad
This article from the American Family Physician journal is designed for female athletes. It includes the definition, risk factors, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the female athlete triad.
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National Eating Disorders Association
This resource belongs to an organization trying to prevent eating disorders by creating awareness. A great deal of the resource is geared towards teachers and other professionals.
WebMD
Web Md: Understanding Bulimia the Basics
This site from WebMD Health provides a good basic overview of the eating disorder, bulimia. It gives a good description, then goes on to provide links to additional information such as: symptoms, detection, treatment, and prevention.
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Healthy Place: Beat Bulimia
This website was put together by a professional who specializes in treating people with eating disorders. It includes bulimia facts, intervention information, news articles, and a bulletin board.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health: Eating Disorders
Resource provides introductory information about eating disorders. Learn about the symptoms and causes associated with anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating, and read about treatments and medical research findings.
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Rader Programs: Media and Eating Disorders
Advertisements, television, and magazines often boast beautiful individuals that make a particular product seem as attractive as the model. This trend has caused many individuals to question their body image and attempt to change it in...
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Ask the Dietitian: Bulimia
Here, you will read questions and personal experiences with bulimia, as well as a dietitian's response to each. Learn about the physical and emotional problems associated with this eating disorder through first-hand accounts.
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The Recovery Group: Compulsive Overeating
The Recovery Group defines compulsive overeating and binge-eating disorder and provides diagnostic criteria that explains the signs and symptoms of these eating disorders. Included is information on eating disorder treatment and...
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University of Iowa Health Care: Anorexia Nervosa
This resource provides information describing diagnosing anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as well as the treatment for both eating disorders.
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Ed referral.com: Anorexia Nervosa
Complete description of this disease, including profile of typical sufferer and criteria for clinical diagnosis.
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Ask the Dietitian: Anorexia
This is a list of questions about eating disorders that people have written about themselves or friends; the questions are answered by a dietician.