Body Image & Eating Disorders
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MYAN aims to connect you with a wide range of organizations and resources on this topic. If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact MYAN.
Maine's Who's Who
Maine Eating Disorder Collaborative
Eleven Maine communities now have in place teams trained to provide coordinated health care treatment for those with eating disorders. Teams consisting of at least one medical practitioner, therapist, and registered dietitian are in Augusta, Belfast, Blue Hill, Calais, Camden, Farmington, Lewiston, South Portland, and Waterville, and at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, and the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland. The teams are part of the Eating Disorders Learning Collaborative which provides initial training and ongoing performance improvement and support related to best practices for treating anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and eating disorders not otherwise specified. The teams provide services to children, teens, young adults, and others with eating disorders.
This project is a joint effort of Medical Care Development, Inc., a not for profit organization formed in 1966 to improve health systems in Maine, and Mainely Girls, a not for profit organization founded in 1996 to work with rural communities to assist them to focus on girls’ needs in a preventive and proactive manner and to work on the state level to bring about positive change for girls.
For specific information about a team, to join an existing team, or to establish a new team in your area, please contact Mary Orear at megirls@midcoast.com or (207) 230-0170.
Maine CDC/DHHS Public Health Information Inventory
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/phdata/
This webpage provides the user with a central location to search for public health data and data-related information published by the Maine CDC. It contains nearly 500 recently published documents as well as links to useful public health data websites.
Print Resources
Additional Web Resources
Academy of Eating Disorders (AED)
www.aedweb.org
This site offers links to related organizations and information on bulimia, anorexia and binge eating.
American Anorexia/ Bulimia Association Inc (AABA)
www.aabainc.org
This site offers information geared towards sufferers, family/ friends, and professionals as well as a bibliography of resources.
American Dietetic Association (ADA)
www.eatright.org
Provides information on health and nutrition.
Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders (ANRED)
www.anred.com
This site offers information on eating disorders including some lesser known disorders.
Center for Young Women’s Health at Children’s Hospital in Boston
www.youngwomenshealth.org
Learn about eating disorders, sports nutrition, vitamins and minerals, healthy eating, and fun ways to stay in shape. Although the website is targeted to young women, you can find great tips and tools for all young people.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders
www.anad.org
Devoted to helping eating disorder suffers and their families through support programs. National Eating Disorder Association
http://www.edap.org/
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest not-for-profit organization in the United States working to prevent eating disorders and provide treatment referrals to those suffering from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder and those concerned with body image and weight issues.
Something Fishy
www.something-fishy.org
This site is devoted to education, treatment and support of those suffering from eating disorders.
