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Eating disorders : the ultimate teen guide / Jessica R. Greene.

Greene, Jessica R., 1964- (author.).

Summary:

Focuses on issues and attitude that concern teenagers about eating behaviors. Shows the road signs that lead to full-blown eating disorders, and determines who is most susceptible to developing one. Explains the consequences of long-term malnutrition, food abuse, and obesity, and takes a look at the process of recovery.

Record details

ISBN: 9780810887732
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Physical Description: xiv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Eating disorder issues and attitudes -- Eating to extremes: mental disorder or lifestyle choice? -- It starts in your head: the science of mood, compulsion, and addiction -- Keys that turn the lock: complex and combined forces at work -- Let's dish on the past: the origins of extreme eating -- Boys get hungry, too: culture wars on perfect bodies -- Appetite for destruction: from habit to compulsion -- Truth and consequences: the ultimate cost of food obsession -- Who can you call? Practical advice that may help -- It gets better from here: intervention and treatment -- Finding balance: the healthy weigh to recovery -- Epilogue: What recovery looks like.