Watch and learn! Carefully selected media links will help bring key concepts and theories to life, preparing you for your studies and exams.

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• Feeding Disorder Treatment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  Nationwide Children’s Hospital offers a leading impatient treatment program for infants, toddlers, and young children with feeding disorders. You can learn about their program at this site.

• Media and Internalization of the “Thin Ideal”
  Almost all social-cultural explanations for the development of eating disorders implicate the media. This website, produced by PBS, describes a class activity in which students review images from their favorite magazines and determine the extent to which these images promote the socially-sanctioned thin ideal.

• National Eating Disorders Association
  The National Eating Disorders Association advocates on behalf of individuals and families affected by eating disorders. The organization campaigns for prevention, improved access to quality treatment, and increased research funding to better understand and treat eating disorders.

• NIMH: Facts About eating Disorders
  NIMH has published an online booklet about eating disorders. Their website also includes links to other information across the web.

• Compute your BMI
  This excellent calculator will allow you to calculate the Body Mass Index of a child, adolescent, or adult. You will need to install Java to run the calculator if you do not have it already. The site is maintained by the USDA and Baylor College of Medicine.