eating disorders

Explores the hidden clues that determine why people eat certain foods to excess, how packaging, room color, and music influences eating habits, and the real reasons why most diets fail.

Provides information and guidance for sufferers of eating disorders or exercise addiction; people close to them; or treatment professionals, discussing the underlying causes of these disorders, treatment options, expectations in individual, group, and family therapy, and what to do if outpatient treatment is not enough.

Jenny Lauren shares the story of her experiences after she developed an eating disorder as an aspiring young dancer which eventually caused her small intestine to herniate, and discusses her path to healing.

Discusses the causes, dangers, and treatment of binge eating, bulimia, and anorexia.

Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes overweight.

Eleven-year-old Jasmine Harwood struggles with feeling accepted by her friends and classmates at school, but Jasmine thinks she has found an outlet for her frustrations when she begins to severely control her diet.

Explores the eating disorders anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, discussing their symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Provides basic consumer health information for teens about causes, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders, along with healthy eating tips. Includes index, resource information and recommendations for further reading.

Describes different kinds of eating disorders, why they occur, and what can be done about them.