Nutrition, Body Image and Disordered Eating
Questions and concerns about nutrition, body image and disordered eating are often on the minds of university students. These resources are intended as a starting point to help provide some answers.
Services
The Health Promotion Services’ nutritionist offers students assistance with nutrition, weight management, body image and disordered eating. Help includes educational activities, individual nutrition counseling, consultation and referral.
Assessment and Treatment at Counseling and Psychological Services offers help with a wide range of nutritional, body image and disordered eating concerns.
Medical Evaluation and Management provides help with nutritional disorders, disordered eating and their complications.
Articles
Visit our walk-in Health Library or our Virtual Health Library for articles on nutrition, body image and disordered eating.
Websites
These sites investigate the relationship between the food we eat and good health. They also address how ineffective diets and body image disparagement can lead to serious health problems.
General Nutrition, Vegetarian Diets, Cooking Tips
Eat Right America (the American Dietetic Association)
http://www.eatright.org/
US Government Nutrition Site
www.nutrition.gov
Ask the Dietitian is an advice site with a dietitian
on-line.
www.dietitian.com
Cooking Light Magazine
www.cookinglight.com
Meals for You offers simple, nutritious meals for
University students on the run.
www.mealsforyou.com
Vegetarian Resource Group offers news, recipes, information,
and discussion boards related to vegetarianism and other topics.
www.vrg.org
Vegetarian Times Magazine
www.vegetariantimes.com
Food management/cooking
www.cookinglight.com
Supplements
www.consumerlab.com
Body Image and Disordered Eating
Body Positive Site is dedicated to fostering self-esteem
and a positive relationship to food and our bodies.
www.bodypositive.com
National Eating Disorders Association has information
on the origins, prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Mayo Clinic offers a summary of many weight control
issues and concerns.
www.mayohealth.org
Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection enables
you to browse informational pamphlets from university counseling
services across the country.
http://counseling.uchicago.edu/vpc/virtulets.html
American Psychological Association has information
on the treatment of eating disorders.
http://helping.apa.org/search/?search_string=eating+disorders