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Resources

The following online resources have been compiled by A Chance To Heal.

Programs for Parents

ParentTalk: Raising Kids in a Body Conscious World - What mothers and fathers can do to raise children with a positive body image, a healthy relationship to food, and to prevent eating disorders.
See our website for more information and a schedule of upcoming events.

Body Image/Self Esteem Workshops for Kids

• Full of Ourselves Curriculum - Curriculum program for those who work with pre-teen and teenage girls.
• Girls Inc. - Programs for girls aged 6 to 18
• Girls Rock Philly - Week long day camp for 10-18 year old girls.
• Rosh Hodesh - It's a Girl Thing - Jewish program for pre-teen and teen girls to strengthen self-esteem.
• Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Self esteem and community programs for girls aged 6 to 17.
• Girls Speak Out - Workshop curriculum for boys and girls aged 8 to 80.

Recommended Reading

• Gurze Books - Specializes in eating disorder publications and education. Gurze Books offers high quality materials on understanding and overcoming eating disorders of all kinds.
• Big Fat Lies: The Truth About your Weight and Your Health
  Glenn A. Gaesser, PhD | Gurze Books, 2002 | 320 pages
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Articles on the Web

• Starving Self-Esteem, Psychology Today, May/June 2001
• NEDA Position Paper on Pro-Ana Sites
• HealthyMinds - a project of the American Psychological Association

National Organizations

• National Eating Disorders Association - Information on EDs
• Academy for Eating Disorders Information on EDs
• Eating Disorders Coalition Advocacy and Lobbying

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