Worldwide List of ED Advocacy Organizations

This list of advocacy organizations around the world is offered as a service to the public by F.E.A.S.T. volunteers and staff. We welcome your additions and corrections.

PLEASE NOTE: F.E.A.S.T. is not able to evaluate the philosophical approach, quality, legal status, or organizational structure of the advocacy groups listed here. Information or opinions shared through these groups may not be evidence-based or in accordance with F.E.A.S.T.’s Principles.

** Parent-led or focused organization.

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International or Web-Based:

• Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
• Adults Supporting Peers in Recovery from Eating Disorders (ASPIRE)
• ANGI, The Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI)
• F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders)**
• Binge Behavior
• Break Binge Eating
• Global Foundation for Eating Disorders (GFED)
• International Eating Disorders Action (IEDAction)
• International Eating Disorders Family Support (IEDFS)**
• International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP)
• International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians
• MAED Advocacy (Mothers Against Eating Disorders)**
• MentorCONNECT
• SockIt to ED campaign**
• The Dirty Laundry Project (DLP)**
• World Eating Disorder Action Day

Australia

• Aussie Parents Supporting Children with Eating Disorders
• Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)
• Bridges Association Incorporated 
• The Butterfly Foundation 
• Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders 
• The Eating Disorders Association Inc (Queensland)
• Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA)
• Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria 
• National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)
• Red House Australia
• Tasmania Recovery From Eating Disorders (TRED)
• The Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED)

Austria

• Österreichische Gesellschaft für Essstörungen (ÖGES)/Austrian Society on Eating Disorders (ASED)

Belgium

• Anorexie Boulimie Ensemble
• Association Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa
• Miata

Brazil

• Grupo de Apoio e Tratamento dos Disturbios Alimentares 

Canada

• Alyssa Stevenson Memorial Trust
• Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association (Windsor, ON)
• Danielle’s Place (Burlington, ON)
• Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta (EDSNA)
• Eating Disorders Nova Scotia Canada
• Eating Disorders Association of Canada (Association des Troubles Alimentaires du
  Canada)
• Eating Disorder Foundation of Canada
• Eating Disorders Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador (EDFNL)
• Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta
• Family Services of the North Shore (Vancouver, BC)
• Hope’s Garden (London, ON)
• Hopewell (Ottawa, ON)
• Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre – Eating Disorders
• Looking Glass Foundation (Vancouver, BC)
• Michelle’s Voice: The Society for Eating Disorder Awareness and Education
• National Eating Disorder Information Centre 
• National Initiative for Eating Disorders, (NIED)
• ProfIL, le Centre de reference pour professionnels sur les troubles de
  l’alimentation et de l’image corporelle au masculin
• Sheena’s Place (Toronto, ON)
• Calgary Silver Linings Foundation  (Calgary, AB)
• The Waterloo-Wellington Eating Disorders Coalition (WWEDC)
• Waterstone Foundation

Costa Rica

• Fundación Cambio Vital
  Rosanna Mauro Wellness Institute

Croatia

• Udruga Nada

Czech Republic

• Czech Eating Disorder Association 

Denmark

• Centre for Eating Disorders
• National Association for Eating Disorders and Self-harm

Finland

• Finnish Eating Disorders Society,

France

• (AFDAS-TCA) Association Française pour le Développement des Approches Spécialisées
  des Troubles du Comportement Alimentaire (French Association for the Development of
  Specialized Approaches for Eating Disorders)
• feeleat

Germany

• German Society on Eating Disorders 
• Jourvie

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Eating Disorders Association 

Ireland

• Bodywhys
• Eating Disorder Centre Cork

Israel

• The Israel Association for Eating Disorders (IAED)

Italy

• AIDA Roma Association
• Associazione Italiana Disturbi dell Alimentazione e del Peso 
• Associazione A.C.C.A. Lucca | Associazione per la Cura del Comportamento Alimentare,
• Associazione Alice per i DCA | per i Disturbi del Comportamento Alimentare
• Associazione Briciole di Pane
• Associazione Il Bucaneve | Associazione di Volontariato sui Disturbi Alimentari
• Associazione Erika Forever Onlus
• ADAO Friuli Onlus, Associazione Disturbi Alimentari e Obesità
• Consultanoi Associazione Nazionale Disturbi del
  Comportamento Alimentare
• Conversando Onlus | Anoressia, Bulimia, Disturbi Alimentari, Salute e Benessere
• Fenice Lazio Onlus | Associazione per la Cura e la Riabilitazione dei Disturbi
  Alimentari
• NEVER GIVE UP (Responsabile Comunicazione e Sviluppo NEVER GIVE UP
  ONLUS)
• PE(N)SA DIFFERENTE / THIN(K) DIFFERENT
• Società Italiana per lo Studio dei Disturbi del Comportamento Alimentare
  (SISDCA)
• Voci dell anima | ONLUS di parenti, amici e sostenitori di persone con Disturbi
  del Comportamento Alimentare

Japan

• Eating Disorders Community Peerful (摂食障害コミュニティピアフル
• Eating Disorder Hope
• Japan Association for Eating Disorders

Mexico

• Clínica Ángeles Trastornos de Alimentación
• COMENZAR DE NUEVO, AC

New Zealand

• Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)
• Eating Disorders Association of New Zealand (EDANZ)**
• Eating Difficulties Education Network (EDEN)

Northern Ireland

• fightED
• Eating Disorder Association (N.I.)

Pakistan

• Islam and Eating Disorders

Spain

• Asociacion Espanola para el Estudio de los Trastornos de Conducta Alimentaria 
• (FITA) Fundación Instituto de Trastornos Alimentarios

Sweden

• Nordic Eating Disorders Society (combines Swedish, Danish and Norwegian societies)
• Swedish Eating Disorders Society

Switzerland

• Experten-Netzwerk Essstorungen Schweiz /Reseau Expert Troubles Alimentaires Suisse 

The Netherlands

• Nederlandse Academie voor Eetstoornissen 
• Stichting Anorexia en Boulimia Nervosa 

United Kingdom

• Anorexia and Bulimia Care 
• Averil Hart Campaign**
• beat (Beating Eating Disorders
• Anorexia Boy Recovery
• Charlotte’s Helix
• Elephant In the Room Foundation
• King’s College London Eating Disorders Research Group 
• First Steps Derbyshire 
• Grainne Smith’s Working Together Care
• MaleVoicED: Male Voices with Eating Disorders
• North East Eating Disorders Support (NEEDS)
• S.E.E.D. (Support and Education for Eating Disorders)

UAE

• Middle East Eating Disorders Association

United States

• Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness 
• ANAD: National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
• Andrea’s Voice
• Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders (ANRED)
• Association of Professionals Treating Eating Disorders (APTED)
• Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA)
• Breaking The Chains Foundation
• Bulimia.com 
• Bulimia NervosaResource Guide 
• Caring Online 
• Eat Breathe Thrive
• Eating Disorder Coalition of Miami,
• Eating Disorder Foundation (Denver, CO)
• Eating Disorder Hope
• Eating Disorder Network of Maryland 
• Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center 
• Eating Disorders and Education Network Network (EDEN)
• Eating Disorders Coalition 
• Renewed Eating Disorder Support 
• Eating Disorders Information Network (EDIN)
• Eating Disorders Resource Center (EDRC)
• Eating Disorder Recovery Support, Inc. (EDRS) (Petaluma,CA)
• Eating Disorders Treatment Accountability Council (EDTAC)
• T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating (North Carolina)
• The Elisa Project (Dallas, TX)
• Embody Carolina
• The Emily Program Foundation
• Erin Riederer Foundation
• Featherweight
• Finding Balance (Franklin, TN)
• Hope Network, LLC
• The Kirsten Haglund Foundation
• KMB for Answers
• Maudsley Parents 
• MentorConnect 
• Mirror Mirror Eating Disorder Information 
• Missouri Eating Disorders Association 
• Moonshadow
• Multiservice Eating Disorders Association (MEDA) (Newton, MA)
• Nalgona Positivity Pride
• The National Association for Males With Eating Disorders (NAMED)
• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
• Ophelia’s Place, Inc.
• Project HEAL
• Project Maria 
• Recovery Warriors
• Reaching Out Against Eating Disorders 
• Residential Eating Disorders Consortium (REDC)
• SPEAK  (Students Promoting Eating Disorder Awareness and Knowledge)
• Southern Smash
• Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED)
• T-FFED: Trans Folx Fighting Eating Disorders 
• Thick Dumpling Skin