Kelsey Osgood describes her decade-long battle with anorexia and explores the physical, internal, and social ramifications of eating disorders and subverts many of the popularly held notions of the illness.
Examines how eating disorders and food and body issues impact nearly every woman on Earth at some point in her life, revealing the societal and cultural factors that have led to a disturbing rise in eating disorders in recent years.
Investigates several different kinds of eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive eating, explaining their symptoms and how society may play a part in both promoting and stopping them.
The author discusses her experiences counseling women who are obsessed with their weight, and offers advice on how women can learn to accept and be at peace with their bodies and appetites.
Describes the eating disorder known as orthorexia nervosa which occurs when a person's devotion to healthy eating becomes an obsession that can lead to increasingly stricter, ultimately unhealthy diets, and includes advice on how to cope with and overcome the problem.
Discusses types of compulsive eating, the physical and social consequences of this behavior, and solutions that do not include dieting but address physical or emotional problems and unhealthy patterns of behavior.
Offers practical advice about the eating disorders of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and obesity, discussing why they occur, describing the eating behaviors associated with each condition, and looking at available treatments.
