anorexia nervosa

"A novel about one teenager's journey toward self-love and strength"--Provided by publisher.

ARE YOU DOING RISKY THINGS? CUTTING, BINGEING, SNORTING, AND OTHER DANGERS takes a look at the causes and characteristics of these addictions, Readers are alerted to the signs of addiction and explanations of what can be done to help people struggling with these addictions.

An autobiographical novel in which fifteen-year-old Jennifer Johnson convinces her parents to commit her to the Eating Disorders Unit of an upstate New York psychiatric hospital in 1988, where the treatment for her bulimia and anorexia is not what she expects.

Presents information about eating disorders.

Explore the causes of the weight epidemic and the health risks that stem from excess weight. Discover the part that physical fitness plays in today's obesity crisis. Learn how fitness, not just slimness, should be the goal of those trying to lose weight. Make physical activity a part of your life!.

Discusses eating disorders, including risk factors, causes, symptoms, history, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and coping.

The author reflects on her fourteen-year battle with bulimia and anorexia, discussing how the eating disorders have affected her life from childhood through the present day.

The author reveals the true story of her teenage daughter's recovery from anorexia nervosa that introduces a home-based treatment method developed at the Maudsley Hospital in London by Christopher Dare in 1987.

"[Diane] Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about her long and agonizing personal struggle with eating disorders and obsessive exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she attempt to come to terms with American culture's unhealthy fixation on self-destructive ideals of beauty and competitiveness. The film lends context to Israel's personal odyssey with fascinating insights from athletes, bodybuilders, fashion models, and inner-city teens, as well as prominent cultural critics and authors"--Container.