Costin, Carolyn

A guide to helping children with eating disorders, with discussion of today's most popular diet programs, an appendix with nutritional guidelines, and personal letters and journals from daughters and parents.

Discusses the eating disorders anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and activity disorder; providing information on how to recognize what qualifies as an eating disorder, typical symptoms, and possible causes, also includes information on treatment programs.

Provides information on how to recognize eating disorders and their symptoms, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating, and also offers treatment programs.

Provides information and guidance for sufferers of eating disorders or exercise addiction; people close to them; or treatment professionals, discussing the underlying causes of these disorders, treatment options, expectations in individual, group, and family therapy, and what to do if outpatient treatment is not enough.