Some of this information and language may be really new and unfamiliar, so we’ve created this glossary which may be a helpful place to refer to as you make your way through the following resources.

 

Educational trainings + workshops

A curated collection of trainings from trusted activists, leaders and mental health professionals in the eating disorders field.

  • The Path to Repair: our online course, which offers essential knowledge and tools to combat diet culture, body shame and oppression, and will give you the confidence to activate change from within, and build a more inclusive world for us all.

  • Presentation by Holly Lowery: given to psychiatric professionals on ways to screen for eating disorders, what to look for, etc.

  • Workshops by Gloria Lucas: Gloria specializes in intersectional eating disorders education and developing resources that transform the lives of BIPOC individuals and expand eating disorders treatment models.

  • Injected Fatphobia in Black Communities, by Alishia McCullough: dismantling and reclaiming our relationship with food and body image. Alishia specializes in treating eating disorders and upholding the values of body justice and fat liberation within communities of color.

  • Workshops by Be Nourished: Hilary and Dana offer programs, workshops, retreats, and e-courses for individuals looking to reclaim body trust and the power to psychologically and physically be nourished in a culture filled with weight bias and body oppression.

  • Workshops with Ragen Chastain: Ragen offers live and pre-recorded workshops on topics like Overcoming Internalized Fatphobia, Navigating the Holidays, Dealing With Fatphobia at the Doctor’s Office, and more.

  • Your Recovery Resource: A free program for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder.

Reading for
Professionals

 

  • Eating Disorder Handbook for Medical Professionals – Balance Eating Disorder Center

  • The Eating Disorder Source Book: A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments, and Prevention of Eating Disorders – Carolyn Costin

  • Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders – Dr. Gaudiani

  • Measuring Health from the Inside – Carolyn Hodges Chaffee and Annika Kahn

  • Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Disorders: Third Edition – American Psychiatric Association

  • The Prevention of Eating Problems and Eating Disorders: Theory, Research, and Practice – Michael Levine & Linda Smolak

Books for
anyone affected by eating disorders, Diet Culture & Body Oppression

  • By Their Side: A Resource for Caretakers and Loved Ones Facing an Eating Disorder –  Lara Lyn Bell

  • How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder: A Simple, Plate-by-Plate Approach to Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food – Casey Crosbie RD CSSD & Wendy Sterling MS RD CSSD

  • The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color – Virgie Tovar (helpful for all people, not just girls or girls of color)

  • The Body is Not an Apology, 2nd Edition – Sonya Renee Taylor

  • Fearing the Black Body, The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia  – Sabring Strings

  • Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating – Christy Harrison

  • Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It – Harriet Brown

  • Belly of the Beast : The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness – Da’Shaun L. Harrison

  • Fat Girls in Black Bodies – Joy Arlene Renee Cox Ph.D.

  • What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat – Aubrey Gordon

  • 8 Keys To Recovery From an Eating Disorder (and workbook) – Carolyn Costin and Gwen Shubert Grabb

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