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.
International or Web-Based:
- Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
- ANGI, The Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI)
- F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders)**
- Break Binge Eating
- Eat Breathe Thrive
- Eating Disorders Information Gateway
- International Eating Disorders Action (IEDAction)
- International Eating Disorders Family Support (IEDFS)**
- International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp)
- International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians (IFEDD)
- MentorCONNECT
- 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)
- The Butterfly Foundation
- The Eating Disorders Association Inc (Queensland)
- Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA)
- Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria
- InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)
- The Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED)
Austria
- Österreichische Gesellschaft für Essstörungen (ÖGES)/Austrian Society on Eating Disorders (ASED)
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
- Anorexia and Bulimia Québec
- Anorexia and Bulimia Québec (Adolescents)
- Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta (EDSNA)
- Eating Disorders Nova Scotia Canada
- Eating Disorders Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador (EDFNL)
- Eating Disorders Manitoba
- Family Services of the North Shore (Vancouver, BC)
- Looking Glass Foundation (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Hope’s Eating Disorder Support (London, ON)
- Hopewell (Ottawa, ON)
- Sheena’s Place (Toronto, ON)
- The Waterloo-Wellington Eating Disorders Coalition (WWEDC)
- Eating Disorders of York Region
- Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre – Eating Disorders
- Body Brave
- National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)
- National Initiative for Eating Disorders (NIED)
- Eating Disorders Association of Canada (EDAC)
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
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)
Germany
Hong Kong
Ireland
Israel
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 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
New Zealand
- Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)
- Eating Disorders Association of New Zealand (EDANZ)**
- Engage Aotearoa
- New Zealand Eating Disorder Carer Support (NZEDCS)
Northern Ireland
Pakistan
Spain
- Asociacion Espanola para el Estudio de los Trastornos de Conducta Alimentaria
- (FITA) Fundación Instituto de Trastornos Alimentarios
- Asociación TCA Aragón
Sweden
- Nordic Eating Disorders Society (combines Swedish, Danish and Norwegian societies)
- Swedish Eating Disorders Society
Switzerland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
- 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 ED
- Grainne Smith’s Working Together Care
- MaleVoicED: Male Voices with Eating Disorders
- North East Eating Disorders Support (NEEDS)
- TalkED
UAE
United States
- Alaska Eating Disorders Alliance
- ANAD: National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
- Andrea’s Voice
- Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders (ANRED)
- ARFID Collaborative
- Aubrey’s Song
- Breaking The Chains Foundation
- Bulimia.com
- Bulimia NervosaResource Guide
- Carolina Resource Center for Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa
- Eating Disorder Foundation (Denver, CO)
- Eating Disorder Hope
- Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
- Eating Disorders and Education Network (EDEN)
- Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy and Action (EDC)
- 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)
- Embody Carolina
- Erin Riederer Foundation
- Fighting Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Populations (FEDUP) (trans folx)
- Finding Balance (Franklin, TN)
- Hope Network, LLC**
- The Kirsten Haglund Foundation
- KMB for Answers
- MentorConnect
- Michigan Eating Disorders Alliance
- Missouri Eating Disorders Association
- Moonshadow’s Spirit
- Multiservice Eating Disorders Association (MEDA) (Newton, MA)
- Nalgona Positivity Pride
- National Alliance for Eating Disorders (The Alliance)
- National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
- Ophelia’s Place, Inc.
- Project HEAL
- Project Maria
- Recovery Warriors
- Residential Eating Disorders Consortium (REDC)
- Running in Silence
- Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED)
- Thick Dumpling Skin
- WithALL