Eating Disorders Articles

The Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) has compiled a list of articles of interest in the Eating Disorders field.  They have broken the list down into sections to make it easier for you to find the area of research you are interested in: 

• IJEDReview Articles
• Historical Accounts
• Genetics
• Neurobiology
• Neuropsychology
• Developmental
• Epidemiology/Course/Outcome
• Risk Factors
• Assessment
• Prevention
• Treatment
• Psychopharmacology
• Health
• Services
• Medicine

Precedents for Legal Action being Taken Against those that Defraud Public with Diet Schemes

TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau gets 10-year prison sentence for fake diet book

Information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administraion (FDA)

The FDA offers these resources:

• A handout on how to identify, avoid, and report health fraud scams.
• A video message warning about the dangers of fraudulent weight loss products, the deceptive ads used to market them and tips on how to protect yourself: Don't Be a Victim (You could lose so much more than weight.) 

However, they go more in-depth on cautioning consumers about scams related to other health conditions:

• An example of how the FDA cautions consumers to beware of online cancer fraud and lists 187 Fake Cancer "Cures" Consumers Should Avoid.
• The FDA also warns consumers about Illegally Sold Diabetes Treatments.
• They also report information such as a Businessman Sentenced to Over Five Years for Selling Bogus HIV-Testing Kits and how FDA Law Enforcers Crack Down on Illegal Botox Scammers.

Media responsibility and Eating Disorders

When it comes to speaking to the media about Eating Disorders, these sites offer advice that can help:

• F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders) offers advice on Speaking with the media
•  NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) shares Guidelines for sharing your story responsibly
• Beat (Beating Eating Disorders) has compiled Media guidelines for reporting Eating Disorders

Mothers Against Eating Disorders

We are a group of eating disorder awareness advocates; we have all been touched by ED in some way and we are fighting for this illness to be recognized as the serious, treatable illness it is. We are the group behind the Thierry Lasry Anorexxxy sunglasses name change and we tweet using #MAEDvocates.