Resource Library
An enormous amount of written and visual information on eating disorders and related issues exists. NEDIC has listed some helpful sources of information here as a place to begin your personal search. We encourage you to be a critical consumer of information and to screen for the most helpful material for your situation.
Videos
Many of these videos can be borrowed from your local library or purchased through the following sites.
Eating Disorders, Race and Gender
Jill Andrew addresses the growing skin bleaching trend as it relates to women's sense of their bodies. How does the practice complicate traditional assumptions about body image and eating problems? Using anti-racism and class analysis, she speculates on why the public health issue (as she calls it) of skin bleaching hasn't received the attention it deserves. Jill discusses the terms body 'image' and eating 'disorders' and explains why they are problematic, particularly when trying to learn from women of colour and other marginalized women about experiences with their bodies. Video recorded from the September 29th, 2011 webinar is now available. For more resources on this topic and to obtain a copy of the presentation slides, please visit the CWHN web site.
Motivation Interviewing and its Efficacy with people who have Binge Eating Disorder
Dr. Stephanie Cassin presented the findings of her research on the efficacy of Motivational Interviewing with people who have Binge Eating Disorder in a live webinar for EDAW 2011, co-hosted by NEDIC and CWHN. Video recorded from the February 8th, 2011 webinar is now available. Motivational interviewing is a non-confrontational psychotherapy approach designed to work with feelings of ambivalence that people might have about making behavioural changes. The therapist expresses empathy and supports the client's self-determination. Motivational interviewing aims to resolve ambivalence and increase self-efficacy, with the goal of promoting behavioural change. The approach was developed to treat people with addictions, but therapists saw that many symptoms overlapped with Binge Eating Disorder, a prevalent condition with few treatment options. On average, Motivational Interviewing is more effective in changing eating behaviours than in changing drug and alcohol use. Learn more about Motivational Interviewing as a technique for treating eating disorders on the CWHN web site.
No Numbers: Identity Beyond Measure
No Numbers tells the stories of actress Dena Ashbaugh's and filmaker Sonja Ruebsaat's recovery, sharing what worked to escape disordered eating. Each story is unique, but the common thread is how creativity not only allows for a greater connection to self, but creates space outside of and away from the self-destructive practices of disordered eating. From these points of resistance, one can begin to find identity beyond measure; thus, the title of their film. Visit www.nonumbers.ca to learn more.
What to Expect? A Family Orientation to BC Children's Hospital Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit
From Kelty Mental Health, this youtube video provides children, youth and their families and caregivers with an overview of the Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit at BC Children's Hospital. Catch a glimpse of the hospital facilities, daily routines and see what an inpatient stay in the unit may be like.http://www.youtube.com/user/KeltyMentalHealth.
Casting Light - Media Representation of the Female Body
Video from our is Feb 4th, 2010 Webinar, discussing the impact of media imagery on girls & women, is now available online. Hosted by the National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) and the Canadian Womens Health Network (CWHN), this informative webinar was moderated by Shari Graydon, award-winning author, media educator and critic. After viewing it, please share your thoughts.
DIETING: At War with our Bodies by Christie McNabb and Adam Finley
Released in conjunction with International No Diet Day 2006, this documentary gives voice to those who resist the notion that the human body, in all its variations, must concede to cultural or clinical ideals. It defies the dominant diet culture, suggesting that we reclaim health, not weight loss, as our lifestyle change goal, and let the fat fall where it may.
Reel Youth Claymation: Bulimia
Reel Youth promotes a journey into the process of creative collaboration and an opportunity for youth to speak up about issues that concern them in their lives, their community and the world.
Killing Us Softly, Jean Kilbourn, 1980
Using examples of ads from magazines, newspapers, album covers and billboards, Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., produced a concise and important analysis of a $40 billion a year industry that preys on the fears and insecurities of female consumers.
Still Killing Us Softly, Jean Kilbourn, 1987
A sequel to the film Killing Us Softly. With her usual incisive wit and irony, Jean Kilbourn continues to research advertising's ever-present assault on the self-images of women, men and children
Beyond Killing Us Softly: The Strength to Resist, Jean Kilbourn, 2001
This program is about the impact of media images on women and girls. It presents the ideas of girls and young women, as well as those of leading authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls (including Gloria Steinem), eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy.
Fat Chance, National Film Board of Canada, 1994
The first thing people notice about Rick Zakowich is his size. Creative therapist by day and blues singer by night, Rick's charisma and talent are undeniable, yet he remains fixed within the definition of a narrow label. The film began when Rick set out to change all that. But things didn't turn out as planned...instead of being a half-hour film about a 400-pound guy trying to lose 220 pounds, Fat Chance turned out to be a feature-length documentary about a 400-pound guy who hasn't lost weight but has gained self-confidence.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, 1998
Newsweek says OPHELIA offers parents and teenage girls "a way to resist the worst of the culture around them and substitute the best of themselves". Mary Pipher, author of the best-selling book of the same name, explains how corporate and marketing values, aimed at the seduction of adolescent females for their allowances, are supplanting family and even common-sense values.
Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obessession with Thinness, 1995