Discusses various eating disorders, with an emphasis on anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and tells the stories of people who have suffered from them.
a question and answer book about anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Erlanger, Ellen
1988
Questions and answers present information about the emotional and psychological motivations, warning signs, symptoms, and dangers of anorexia and bulimia. Includes first-person accounts by women who have suffered from these eating disorders.
Surveys the history of anorexia, with accounts of self-starvation covering the biblical period to the present day media accounts, followed by information on treatments, patient characteristics, and prevention.
Fifteen-year-old Mercy, believing herself to be an angel, and suffering under the political burden of starvation, gives up food and denies that she has an eating disorder until she is sent to a clinic in New Mexico.
Author Christie Pettit chronicles her fight with anorexia nervosa and describes how counseling and her faith in God helped her overcome her eating disorder.
Although almost totally consumed by her ballet training and her obsession with controlling her weight, thirteen-year-old Delia finds time to worry about her strange and rebellious older sister Pearl, who has been sent away to a private school.
Explores the truth and misconceptions regarding anorexia nervosa by examining its history, causes, considerations, treatment, and related eating disorders.
