The EDSHED Website
Exeter District Self-Help for Eating Disorders
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About EDSHED
About the group, where to find us, when we meet, details of our Helpline.
Starved of Life: Natalie's Story
Updates, 1999 to 2001
Updates, 2002 to present day
Photograph Gallery - The reality of life with anorexia
Read a personal story of a life ruined by anorexia here.
A Partner's Story
Heather's experiences of living with Natalie's illness
Introduction to Eating Disorders
Background information about the conditions, causes and treatments.
Eating Disorders: A Plea for Understanding
An article addressed to members of the medical and caring professions, making a case for Eating Disorders to be taken more seriously than they are at present.
A Guide for Families and Carers
Information for all those people who have to live with and care for sufferers of eating disorders.
A Mother's Story, by Barbara
A moving account of a young girl's battle with anorexia.
An Anorexic on Anorexia
An article by Natalie about how it actually feels to be anorexic, and why recovery is so hard for many anorexics.
Osteoporosis
The brittle bone disorder Osteoporosis is often a consequence of eating disorders. Learn about it here.
