eating disorders

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eating disorders

A trick of the light

2014
Fifteen-year-old Mike desperately attempts to take control as his parents separate and his life falls apart.

How I live now

2006
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.

Are you fat?

the obesity issue for teens
2015
"Read about obesity, its causes, health risks, diets and their dangers, weight-loss surgery, and healthy lifestyles"--Provided by publisher.

I have an eating disorder. Now what?

Provides information about eating disorders and offers advice to teenagers on how to deal with the problems they may cause while getting on with everyday life.

Why Can't You Just Eat?

A Look Inside the Mind of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating Disorder
2015
Shannon was an over-achieving high school student until her life was thrown completely off-track by a vicious eating disorder that no one saw coming.

Eating disorders

2016
Presents information about eating disorders.

The truth about exercise addiction

understanding the dark side of thinspiration
2015

Shell

one woman's final year after a lifelong struggle with anorexia and bulimia
Michelle Stewart always knew in her heart that her dual eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia, would kill her. By the time she was 48, more than 30 years of self-imposed binging and purging had ravaged her organs. In May 2013 she was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure and given only a few months to live. Determined to share her story while she still had the chance, Michelle began writing a very personal and revealing blog. Michelle died at the age of 49 in 2014.

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Auditioning for a New York City performing arts high school could help Etta escape from her Nebraska all-girl school, where she is not gay enough for her former friends, not sick enough for her eating disorders group, and not thin enough for ballet, but it may also mean real friendships.

Emotions & eating

2015
Learn more about why people's emotions push them to eat the way they do, and discover how people develop unhealthy emotional relationships with food. When you understand the risks of eating because of your emotions, you'll be able to understand your body's needs better,and you'll know how to stick with healthy eating, no matter how you're feeling.

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