NEDIC BIPOC Resources

by bailey Portfolio

Partnered with National Eating Disorder Information Centre to review their newest culturally-tailored resources for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities.

The scarcity of informational resources specific to BIPOC communities leaves many individuals affected with eating disorders who belong to these groups with unmet support and treatment needs. Eating disorders in racialized individuals are frequently unrecognized and undiagnosed. Even when they are identified, many racialized individuals encounter multiple barriers to receiving support and treatment. Within the majority of the eating disorder resources and services currently available, factors that influence the ways in which members of BIPOC communities experience eating disorders are not adequately addressed, if they are at all.

To address this gap, alongside BIPOC eating disorder experts — both individuals with lived experience and health professionals — from across what is colonially known as Canada, NEDIC co-developed a collection of culturally-tailored resources for BIPOC community members.