eating disorders

Anorexic seventeen-year-old Lisabeth Lewis, appointed Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, revels in the freedom that comes with traveling the world on her steed, and having to visit places where hunger is a real part of everyday life gives her a new perspective on her own eating issues.

Nancy Tucker reflects on suffering from anorexia and bulimia in her childhood, and the road to health and recovery as an adult.

Presents fifty mindful and healthy activities to help replace the need to overeat.

Karen Newman had an eating disorder. When it was out of control, Karen was filled with shame and self-loathing. But then a diagnosis of breast cancer changed everything. A world-class triathlete, dietitian, and mother, Karen continued her training and competitions throughout her grueling cancer treatments. Her story reveals the incredible power of words and never giving up.

Following the death of her father, a thirteeen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother's and ten-year-old sister's grief as well as her own.

Provides information about eating disorders, and features the stories of young women, including students, ballet dancers, models, and others, who are battling or have recovered from anorexia or bulimia.

Enduring regimented and intrusive treatment at an eating-disorder center, seventeen-year-old Stevie is haunted by guilt for her brother's fatal accident and secretly plans to commit suicide on the anniversary of his death.

Unable to control his binge eating, a morbidly obese teenager nicknamed Butter decides to make a live webcast of his last meal as he attempts to eat himself to death.

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

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.