Books and Websites
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Please see below for a list of websites that can be used as resources for online chat support, literature, and local support groups. These websites can also be great resources for more information about eating disorder awareness.
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For Eating Disorder Support For Parents, Clients And Loved Ones:
8 Keys To Recovery From An Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole, Ms, Rdn and Elyse Resch, Ms, Rdn
Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole, Ms, Rdn and Elyse Resch, Ms, Rdn
Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens Resch, Ms, Rdn
Eating In The Light Of The Moon by Anita Johnston
Life Without ED by Jenni Schaefer
Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield, Rdn
How To Nourish Your Child Through An Eating Disorder: A Simple, Plate-By-Plate Approach To Rebuilding A Healthy Relationship With Food by Casey Crosbie Rd Cssd, Wendy Sterling Ms Rd Cssd
Fearing The Black Body: The Racial Origins Of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, And Happiness Through Intuitive Eating by Christy Harrison
The Body Is Not An Apology, Second Edition: The Power Of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Sick Enough: A Guide To The Medical Complications Of Eating Disorders by Jennifer L. Gaudiani
The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, And Body In The Healing Of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk M.D.
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide To Escape The Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, And Achieve Body Liberation by Dalia Kinsey
Beyond The Gender Binary by Alox Vaid Menon
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun L. Harrison
Children focused books for parents and loved ones:
Born To Eat by Wendy Jo Peterson And Leslie Schilling
Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too! by Sonya Renee Taylor
100 Things To Know About Food by Sam Baer
A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy
A Girl Like You by Frank Murphy
Her Body Can by Katie Crenshaw And Ady Meschke
Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders
Be Your Own Man by Jessica Sanders
The Body Book by Roz Maclean
Body Positive Poster by Nalgona Positivity Pride
Skin Like Mine by Latashia M Perry
It Feels Good to be Yourself by Theresa Thorn