Books and Internet Resources

In addition to our specialists, The Children's Hospital also provides the following resources for your family:

Children's Family Health Library

The Children's Hospital's main campus location offers a Family Health Library to provide information in broad areas such as parenting, child development, and medial diagnosis in children.  Please feel free to stop by and use this great resource as you would like.

Books

"Off the C.U.F.F. (Calm, Unwavering, Firm and Funny)" by Nancy Zucker, Ph.D. is a parent skills manual that provides the curriculum taught to parents in these group programs. Duke University Eating Disorders Program. (2008)

"Unlocking the Mysteries of Eating Disorders" by David B. Herzog, M.D., Debra L. Franko, PH.D., and Pat Cable, RN (2007)

"Skils-Based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder. The New Maudsley Method." Janet Treasure, Grainne Smith and Anna Crane. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York. 2007.

Organizations

AMERICAN ANOREXIA/BULIMIA ASSOCIATION, INC
293 Central Park West, Suite 1R
New York. NY 10024
(212)501-8351

ANOREXIA NERVOSA & RELATED EATING DISORDERS. INC.
PO Box 5102
Eugene, OR 97405-0102
(503)344-1144

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA & ASSOC. DISORDERS
PO Box 7
Highland Park, IL 60035
(708)831-3438

Recommended Websites

  • NEDO National Eating Disorders Organization and EDAP Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention www.edap.org
  • The Academy of Eating Disorders
    www.aedweb.org

Contact Eating Disorders

For more information about The Children's Hospital Eating Disorders Treatment Program, please call
(720) 777-6452. If you would like to discuss concerns about your child, please have the following information available:

  • Child’s current weight, height and weight history
  • Past and current eating patterns
  • Other symptoms or behaviors you are concerned about
  • Routine exercise habits
  • Medications
  • Current care providers (MD, therapist, nutritionist, etc.)

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