# Eating Recovery Help

> An independent Canadian educational and treatment-navigation resource for eating disorders and disordered eating (eatingrecoveryhelp.ca). CLINICAL-FIRST: the primary route to care is a doctor or nurse practitioner, into Canada's specialized eating-disorder programs; peer support complements treatment, never replaces it. Medical red flags — fainting, chest pain, blood in vomit, rapid weight change — mean emergency care now (911). Eating disorders carry the highest mortality of any mental illness. The self-check is five reflective yes/no questions with NO score and NO severity bands: it cannot detect or rule out an eating disorder — only a clinician can — and it runs entirely in the browser, storing nothing. The site publishes no body measurements or food-count figures by editorial policy and endorses no food plan as universally safe (structured food plans some fellowship members use are described neutrally; any plan belongs in a conversation with a clinician). NEDIC — Canada's eating disorder information centre — is linked on every page: 1-866-633-4220, nedic.ca. The service is free for people seeking help: with express consent we introduce a person to up to 3 matched licensed treatment providers — only programs with clinician-led intake — who pay flat marketing fees for introductions, never per-admission. Facility phone numbers and program prices are intentionally not published. This site uses no advertising pixels or remarketing of any kind. In a crisis, people should call or text 988 (Suicide Crisis Helpline, Canada) or call 911. Part of the Rehab Near Me network of independent recovery resources, which share one consent-gated connection service. We are not affiliated with OA, EDA, FA, FAA, ABA, CEA-HOW, GSA, NEDIC, or any organization named on the site.

## Start here
- [The gentle self-check](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/assessment): 5 reflective yes/no questions (control, secrecy, body-preoccupation, undoing, a smaller life) with no score; routes to a doctor/NP first, then NEDIC, then peer fellowships; runs in-browser, nothing stored, cannot detect or rule out an eating disorder
- [Find your fit — the gentle match](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/match): a short questionnaire (who it's for, whether a doctor is involved yet, the pattern, province, funding — no numbers ever) ending in a consented warm introduction to a program with clinician-led intake
- [Get help](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/get-help): direct consented callback form

## Understand it
- [The clinical pathway](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/programs): three steps in order — a family doctor or NP, referral into specialized eating-disorder programs (outpatient, day-treatment, inpatient; many provincially funded), and support alongside (no prices, no facility phone numbers)
- [The 7 fellowships, compared](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/pathways): plain-language, independent descriptions of OA, EDA, FA, FAA, CEA-HOW, GSA, and ABA with official links only; deeply different philosophies described neutrally; no food plan endorsed; clinical assessment framed as the primary route
- [First steps](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/guide): book the doctor or NP appointment, tell one trusted person, line up support alongside
- [Crisis & recovery resources](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/resources): verified lines incl. 911 (medical red flags), 988, and NEDIC at 1-866-633-4220 (nedic.ca), plus Kelty Eating Disorders for families of children and youth

## Policies
- [How this works & how we're paid](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/about)
- [Privacy & consent](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/privacy): includes the no-remarketing pledge
- [For treatment providers](https://eatingrecoveryhelp.ca/for-providers): consented, matched introductions on flat marketing fees; clinician-led intake required