anorexia nervosa

Discusses the causes of and treatments for three harmful eating disorders: compulsive overeating; bulimia, or the binge and purge syndrome; and anorexia nervosa, or self-starvation.

A collection of articles which examine various aspects of anorexia.

Discusses the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia including history and research, psychological and biological causes, societal pressures, treatment, recovery, and prevention.

Seventeen-year-old Lisabeth has anorexia, and even turning into Famine--one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--cannot keep her from feeling fat and worthless.

Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.

As fourteen-year-old Leslie begins to shed the weight she feels makes her imperfect, she finds it increasingly difficult to reach out for the psychological help she knows she needs.

A collection of essays in which nineteen writers chronicle their experiences with eating disorders, describing the role depression, genetics, sexuality, sports, religion, fashion, and family played in their disease and their personal search for healing.

Required by her cross-country coach to keep a food diary, an insecure teen finds that writing helps organize her thoughts, especially about issues that she, her best friend, and her mother face related to weight and eating.

Discusses the nature, causes, and effects of anorexia and bulimia.

Offers information on the possible causes, incidence, effects, treatment, and prevention of anorexia. Includes life stories told by recovering anorexics.