How this works
A quiet map, not a treatment centre.
Eating Recovery Help exists because eating disorders are the mental illness people hide the longest — the illness itself teaches secrecy, and searching for help shouldn't add shame. Most people who land here are reading privately, unsure whether what's happening even has a name. It does, it is a medical condition, and people recover from it.
We are an independent educational and treatment-navigation resource, not a clinic and not a counselling service. This site operates under our network's strictest clinical-safety standard: medical red flags surfaced with an emergency route, a clinician's assessment framed as the primary path on every page, no food plan ever described as universally safe, and no numbers-culture anywhere — by editorial policy, we publish no body measurements or food-count figures. The self-check is reflective only: no score, no severity bands, because it cannot detect or rule out an eating disorder — only a clinician can.
When you ask us to connect you, we confirm the fit and make a warm introduction — with your express consent, and only to licensed providers with clinician-led intake. We say plainly how we are paid: providers pay us flat marketing fees for introductions, never a share of what you spend and never per-admission. Peer-support fellowships are described in our own words; we are not affiliated with any of them, nor with NEDIC.
We are not an emergency service. Fainting, chest pain, blood in vomit, or rapid weight change mean emergency care now — 911. If tonight feels unsafe in any other way, call or text 988, free, any hour. And NEDIC (1-866-633-4220, nedic.ca) is there whenever you want a human voice.
Editorial policy & clinical safety
Every guide is written in plain language by our own team and checked against current Canadian clinical guidance before publishing. This site publishes no body measurements or food-count figures, endorses no food plan as universally safe, and frames a clinician's assessment as the primary route on every page. Fellowship descriptions are our own words — we never republish another organization's literature or schedules. Where a placement is paid, it is labelled, and it never changes what we recommend.
How we make money
The service is free for people seeking help. When you ask us to connect you and give your consent, we introduce you to matched licensed providers — only programs with clinician-led intake — who pay us flat marketing fees for those introductions — never a share of what you spend, never per-admission. Treatment navigation is kept strictly separate from any commercial relationship.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we say so in the open. Spot an error? Email hello@eatingrecoveryhelp.ca and we'll review it and fix it, with a dated note where it matters.
Part of a network
Eating Recovery Help is one of the independent recovery resources in the Rehab Near Me network, which share a single consent-gated connection service. Each site is its own resource; the shared spine is only how a consented request is safely routed. This site additionally carries the network's strictest clinical-safety standard.
Straight answers
Is this confidential?
Yes. You can read everything and take the self-check without an account or an email — the self-check runs entirely in your browser and nothing is stored or sent. If you choose to send a connection request, we ask for your express consent first, and your details go only to the licensed providers matched to your request — always programs with clinician-led intake. We never sell your information to data brokers or advertisers, and this site uses no advertising pixels or retargeting.
Does it cost anything?
Using Eating Recovery Help is free. Much of the help itself is free too: NEDIC's helpline and live chat are free, many specialized eating-disorder programs are provincially funded, and peer-support meetings cost nothing. Private programs charge their own fees, which you confirm directly with the provider — we never quote prices on your behalf.
Is the self-check a diagnosis or a screening?
Neither. It's five reflective yes-or-no questions with no score at the end — on purpose. It cannot detect or rule out an eating disorder; only a qualified clinician can assess you. What it can do is make a fuzzy worry easier to say out loud, and point you to the doors in the order that keeps you safest: a doctor or NP first, NEDIC whenever you want a human voice, peer support alongside.
What if I'm not sure it's serious enough?
That doubt is nearly universal — and eating disorders occur in every kind of body, so nobody can judge it from the outside, including you. A doctor or NP can check what no website can see. If a doctor feels out of reach, NEDIC (1-866-633-4220, nedic.ca) can help you find one, or just listen first. And the four red flags — fainting, chest pain, blood in vomit, rapid weight change — always mean emergency care now, not a reflection.
We are not an emergency service. Fainting, chest pain, blood in vomit, or rapid weight change mean emergency care now — call 911. If tonight feels unsafe in any other way, call or text 988, any hour — and NEDIC (1-866-633-4220) is there whenever you want a human voice.