National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: February 26–March 3, 2024
What are eating disorders?
Eating disorders are serious medical illnesses marked by severe disturbances in a person’s eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. These disorders can affect a person’s physical and mental health. In some cases, they can be life-threatening. However, eating disorders can be treated.
Want to share information about eating disorders?
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has publications and digital shareables about eating disorders. We've also developed a toolkit for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The toolkit includes graphics and captions you can use on X, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and email.
This brochure provides information about eating disorders including who is at risk, common types of eating disorders and the symptoms of each, treatment options, and resources to find help for yourself or someone else.
This infographic describes common types of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).
