Helpful & Informational
Reach Out. Ask For Help.
Treatment Resources
- Understanding Eating Disorder Levels of Care
- For a Registered Dietitian (look for Eating Disorder Informed) in your area: EatRight.org
- For a therapist in your area: Psychology Today
- To offset eating disorder costs:
- Walden Behavioral Care Article: “I Don’t Have Insurance: How Can I Get Eating Disorder Treatment?”
- Athlete-specific treatment programs:
Resources & Information For Parents
Resources For Parents
“The most helpful thing my parents ever did with my eating disorder is connect me to the right resources. And they didn’t have to understand the eating disorder; I just needed their listening ear and support.”
Resources & Information For Coaches
Resources For Coaches
- Q&A’s with Dr. Paula Quatromoni (DSc, RD): https://runninginsilence.org/?s=Paula+Quatromoni
- CPSDA Acceptable_Verbiage: How to Appropriately Speak with Student-Athletes about Weight and Body Composition
- Paula Quatromoni (DSc, MS, RD, LDN) endorses books like Running in Silence and Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook
- Sports Nutrition Advice for Adolescent Athletes: A Time to Focus on Food
- Athletes and Eating Disorders: What Can Coaches Do? by Walden Behavioral Care
- National Eating Disorder Association Coach and Athletic Trainer Toolkit
- Screening for disordered eating in athletes (article)
Be Aware. Stop The Silence.
Give the athletic community (athletic administrations, coaches, parents, teammates, athletes) the tools to better identify eating disorders beyond appearance.
Resources For The Athletic Community
- Why Don’t You Lose 5 Pounds Eating Disorders in Sports Documentary
- Running a Blurry Line: Lived Experiences of Disordered Eating Among Female Distance Runners by Kennedy Jensen
- Eating disorders in athletes publications by Paula Quatromoni
- Screening for disordered eating in athletes (article)
- Lane 9 Project: Working to bring coaches, teachers, parents, and female runners together to increase awareness of eating disorder signs and symptoms
- Orthorexia Bites – website dedicated to raising awareness for orthorexia (an obsession with “clean eating”)