Body Image and Disordered Eating Resources
Online body image resources
A comprehensive three-part FREE body image self-help resource which I created with a team at First Steps ED:
Check it out here!
Eating Disorder Services
- First Steps ED - Derbyshire based ED charity (but have online services)
- BEAT - for helplines, information, support groups etc
- SEED charity
- SWEDA - South West based ED charity
- NEDA Resource Centre (US-based but useful for info)
- Bodywhys (Ireland)
- For NHS services visit your GP
General Helplines
- Samaritans - 116 123
- Mind - 0300 123 33 93
- SHOUT - text SHOUT to 85258
- Full NHS list of UK helplines
Recommended Books
- Eating Disorders don't Discriminate by Dr Chuks and Bailey Spinn
- Beyond the Shadow of a Diet by Judith Matz and Ellen Frankel
- Unshrinking by Kate Manne
- Body Positive Power by Megan Jayne Crabbe
- Just Eat It by Laura Thomas
- Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
- Anti-Diet by Christie Harrison
- Happy Fat by Sofie Hagen
- What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
- "You just need to lose weight" and 19 other myths about fat people by Aubrey Gordon
- The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos
- Sick Enough by Jennifer L. Gaudiani
- The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
- The Fat Lady Sings by Cheryl Fuller
- Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun Harrison
Documentaries and Talks
- Your Fat Friend - iPlayer (documentary about Aubrey Gordon - I wrote a blog about this HERE)
- "Miss Representation" (about objectification in the media)
- TED Talk - Healthy Weight, Unhealthy Mind: Embracing Your Set Point by Zoe Burnett
- Naked Beach - Channel 4
Podcasts
- Full of Beans - Hannah Hickinbotham
- Appearance Matters - UWE
- Maintenance Phase - Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes
- Food Psych - Christie Harrison
- Life After Diets - Sarah Dosanjh and Stefanie Michele
- I Weigh - Jameela Jamil
Informative blog posts
How to Start Healing you Relationship with Food
What is binge eating and how to break the binge cycle
Atypical Anorexia
Weight loss injections and food noise
Therapeutic writing exercises for body image
First Steps ED - Race, Culture and Body Image
NEDA – eating disorder statistics
Eating disorders and transgender people
NEDA - Decentering the Narrative: Trans Folks, Body Image, and ED’s