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TopFive.JPGEach week, I’ll provide my take on the top five websites, as rated by Alexa. No, I’m not playing favourites, we’re starting with Anorexia because it’s first in the alphabet; next Tuesday, I’ll cover the top five sites relating to Binge Eating Disorder.

1. Anorexic Web: This site is owned by a wiccan who suffered from an eating disorder for seven years. Very graphically based, it’s apparently been operating since 1999. It’s simplistic, artistic and leaden with poetry. Regardless, it is full of positive messages (both wiccan and not), pictures, warnings and disclaimers. A little too blessed (be) for my taste.

2. Mental Health: Contains description links such as to facetheissue’s movie, American and European diagnostics, the US Surgeon General’s report, and eMedicine. Also includes diagnosis, treatment, research and literature. Very bare-bones and does not seem to have been updated for some time.

3. Family Doctor: Vague, stereotypical and oversimplified - this site reminds me of something I might have read at the early stages of the disease, before I realized how all-consuming and complex eating disorders really are.

4. Revolution Health: Another (at first glance) introductory lesson on what anorexia is and it’s treatment. Upon further perusal, this site is very easy to navigate, leads to a lot of clicking on individual links and contains resources for treatment and coping.

5. Ana Death: First impression: a site written for those seeking recovery, by someone recently recovered. You can read her story, which reads more like a journal entry than a timeline. But other than that, I ran out of patience when trying to navigate away from the homepage. Why? Most of the links no longer exist. Does this mean that recovery is over? I’ll never know, it seems.


Posted in Resources, Review on June 26th, 2007

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  1. Eating Disorder Talk » Blog Archive » Top Five Binge Eating Disorder Sites Says:
    July 3rd, 2007 at 8:19 am

    [...] Five Binge Eating Disorder Sites July 3rd, 2007 by Terra Atrill Last week, I reviewed the top five anorexia sites, as listed by [...]

  2. Eating Disorder Talk » Blog Archive » Top V: Bulimia Sites Says:
    July 10th, 2007 at 8:01 am

    [...] onwards, week three’s top five is all about bulimia; weeks one and two can be found here and [...]

  3. Meliza Says:
    June 3rd, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    Excellent the top 5, bulimia should be treated by expert hands

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